Title - My Messy Room
Author: Packard, Mary
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A little girl shows off her untidy room. It's her room, so she likes it messy -- paint on the table, socks on the chair, toys on the floor, and more! Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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44 0.8 80 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 7 Total # of Words 66 # of Different Words 29
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 45 68.2% # of Hi freq words 11 37.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 1.5% # of Low freq words 1 3.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: High support
1 pattern excl open/close
2-3 Word changes in a pattern
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Cleaning
Messiness
Low Frequency Words
drawer