Title - Maria's Halloween
Author: Butler, Dori H.
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Reading A-Z: Readers will read about a family's night of trick-or-treating, and the various Halloween decorations seen in the neighborhood. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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74 1.1 110 Amazon
RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 8 Total # of Words 77 # of Different Words 38
Ave Word/.Sent 3 Hi Freq occurs 18 23.4% # of Hi freq words 8 21.1%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 1.3% # of Low freq words 1 2.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Opening and closing text varies
1 pattern excl open/close
2-3 Word changes in a pattern
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
*Holidays, Events, Cele
Halloween
Low Frequency Words
halloween