| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Janell tells what happens to her invisible friend, Neesie, when Aunt Bea comes to visit and Janell starts school. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 253 |
2.1 |
510 |
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 |
30 |
Total # of Words |
1006 |
# of Different Words |
288 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
705 |
70.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
134 |
46.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
5.5 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
0.6% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
2.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Mothers |
| Friendship |
| Imagination |
| School |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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cornrowing |
headache |
ought |
spanking |
squinching |
upsetting |
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