| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| A little girl enumerates the many kinds of dogs she likes, including cocker spaniel, collie, and sheepdog, but confesses she loves her own best. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
|
Find at |
| 297 |
2.2 |
550 |
Amazon
|
| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
|
| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
15 |
Total # of Words |
157 |
# of Different Words |
64 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
88 |
56.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
14 |
21.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
9 |
5.7% |
# of Low freq words |
9 |
14.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
|
| Prior Knowledge: Familiarity |
|
|
| Topics |
| Dogs |
| Likes/Dislikes |
| *Animals |
| Pets |
|
| Low Frequency Words |
|
bassett |
beagle |
chihuahua |
german |
labrador |
saint |
sheepdog |
shepherd |
spaniel |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
