| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Shortly after a breakfast generously supplied with pancakes, Nate the Great got an urgent call from Annie. "I lost a picture," said Annie. "Can you help me find it?" "Of course," said Nate. "I have found lost balloons, books, slippers, chickens. Even a lost goldfish. Now I, Nate the Great, will find a lost picture." |
Entertain |
Mystery |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 339 |
2.3 |
570 |
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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 |
17 |
Total # of Words |
1653 |
# of Different Words |
363 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
1133 |
68.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
176 |
48.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
20 |
1.2% |
# of Low freq words |
8 |
2.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Simple Plot |
| First Person |
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| Topics |
| Mystery |
| Painting |
| Colors |
| Searching/Hunting |
| Lost |
| Drawing |
| *Arts & Crafts |
| Pets |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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buries |
bury |
detective |
diamonds |
passages |
pearls |
prove |
trapdoors |
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