| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| The story of a boy who wouldn't stop singing and go to sleep despite the pleas of his mother, father, 17 brothers and sisters, and even the police. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 282 |
2.2 |
530 |
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 |
42 |
Total # of Words |
402 |
# of Different Words |
99 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
13 |
Hi Freq occurs |
143 |
35.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
33 |
33.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
20.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
11 |
2.7% |
# of Low freq words |
4 |
4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Several repetitions of phrases or refrains |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Policemen |
| Sleep |
| Family |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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gonna |
policemen |
tremendous |
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