Title - My Hair
Author: Harding, Julia
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will see that just as in real life, each child's hair is as unique as he or she is: curly, straight, dark, or light. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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10 0.1 30 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 5 Total # of Words 33 # of Different Words 13
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 17 51.5% # of Hi freq words 4 30.8%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: High support
Opening or Closing text varies
1 pattern excl open/close
0 - 1 word changes in a pattern
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Captions/Simple
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Present Tense
Topics
Hair/Haircuts
*Human Body & Health
Low Frequency Words