| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| It is indisputable that mice make the best pets of all. The other pets in Babette's pet store will drop feathers everywhere, growl, hide inside their shells, chew your favorite socks, and maybe even make you sneeze! So it's clear that mice are the only pet you will ever need! |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 218 |
2.0 |
480 |
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 |
15 |
Total # of Words |
201 |
# of Different Words |
111 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
75 |
37.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
26 |
23.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
8 |
4% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
6.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Some phrases/refrains repeated |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| Snakes |
| Cats |
| Mice |
| Fish |
| *Animals |
| *Animal Life |
| Pets |
| Birds |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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boas |
curled |
ferrets |
guppies |
scurry |
sleek |
yowl |
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