| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Nate the Great’s friend Oliver has lost the weed he bought at Rosamond’s ADOPT-A-WEED plant sale. But it’s not just a dandelion or a clover. It’s a Superweed! With his dog, Sludge, Nate must search for clues in the woods, the park, and even the library. But is the biggest clue right under his nose?
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Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 531 |
2.8 |
640 |
Amazon
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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 |
23 |
Total # of Words |
2155 |
# of Different Words |
433 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
1548 |
71.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
194 |
44.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0.6 |
Low Freq occurs |
41 |
1.9% |
# of Low freq words |
21 |
4.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Simple problem/solution |
| Simple Plot |
| First Person |
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| Topics |
| Mystery |
| *Plants |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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certificate |
crawling |
dakdale |
escaped |
guarantee |
healthy |
owe |
ownership |
peered |
railing |
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satisfied |
scraggly |
screened |
shrugged |
sludge |
stumped |
stupidweed |
superweed |
unrolled |
vacant |
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weed's |
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