| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Although Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, are on vacation, they just can't resist a new case. When his friend Claude's grocery list is lost, Nate sets out to find it before lunch. But lunch draws nearer and the list is still missing. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 415 |
2.5 |
610 |
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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 |
21 |
Total # of Words |
1606 |
# of Different Words |
350 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
1092 |
68% |
# of Hi freq words |
163 |
46.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
1.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
26 |
1.6% |
# of Low freq words |
11 |
3.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| 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 |
| Simple Plot |
| First Person |
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| Topics |
| Recipes |
| Lost |
| Detectives |
| Lists |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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detective |
fishier |
grocery |
liver |
recipe |
salmon |
shown |
sludge |
terrific |
tuna |
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whichever |
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