| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Nate the Great doesn't especially want to go to a birthday party for Annie's ferocious dog, Fang. But he can't resist a mystery -- and when Annie loses her house key and can't get inside to set up the party, Nate and his trusty dog, Sludge, are hot on the trial. |
Entertain |
Mystery |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 451 |
2.6 |
620 |
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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 |
26 |
Total # of Words |
1735 |
# of Different Words |
382 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
1234 |
71.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
182 |
47.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
2.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
22 |
1.3% |
# of Low freq words |
13 |
3.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Simple problem/solution |
| First Person |
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| Topics |
| Mystery |
| Fears |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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comers |
detective |
drawer |
honor |
ivy |
jingles |
knives |
license |
poem |
sludge |
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slunk |
sweater |
syrup |
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