| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy's mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 332 |
2.3 |
560 |
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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 |
711 |
# of Different Words |
241 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
437 |
61.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
115 |
47.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
9.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
7 |
1% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
0.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Several Implications |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Stars |
| Death |
| Age/Aging |
| Family |
| Grandparents |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Relationships |
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