| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most influential and gifted speakers of all time. Growing up in the segregated South, he was inspired by his mother’s belief in equality and his father’s sermons. |
Entertain |
Biographies/Auto |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 480 |
2.6 |
630 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
38 |
Total # of Words |
662 |
# of Different Words |
287 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
410 |
61.9% |
# of Hi freq words |
107 |
37.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
6 |
Low Freq occurs |
38 |
5.7% |
# of Low freq words |
35 |
12.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Integral Setting - Historical |
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| Topics |
| Changes |
| *History |
| Right/Wrong |
| Cause/Effect |
| American History |
| Conflicts |
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citizens |
collectors |
convinced |
courage |
freedom |
gandhi |
governors |
jailed |
judges |
lawmakers |
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mahatma |
martin's |
martins |
mayors |
memphis |
ministers |
montgomery |
montgomery's |
movement |
murdered |
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nation |
nobel |
peace |
preach |
protests |
refused |
segregation |
separate |
shared |
southern |
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southerners |
studied |
teachings |
tennessee |
threatened |
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