| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Even though he has lost his glasses and can't see, Mr. McCready decides to clean his house, and he vacuums up the cat, the dog, and other things. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 129 |
1.5 |
170 |
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 |
13 |
Total # of Words |
120 |
# of Different Words |
53 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
48 |
40% |
# of Hi freq words |
14 |
26.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
4 |
3.3% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
3.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Some phrases/refrains repeated |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Dogs |
| Cats |
| Mice |
| Lost |
| Cleaning |
| *Animals |
| Pets |
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