| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| All journeys face perils. Seuss' familiar pajama-clad hero is up to the challenge, and his odyssey is captured vividly in busy two-page spreads evoking both the good times (grinning purple elephants, floating golden castles) and the bad (deep blue wells of confusion). |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 523 |
2.8 |
640 |
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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 |
54 |
Total # of Words |
934 |
# of Different Words |
350 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
610 |
65.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
123 |
35.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
5.9 |
Low Freq occurs |
34 |
3.6% |
# of Low freq words |
32 |
9.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Features |
| Unusual use of vocabulary |
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| Topics |
| Challenges |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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befoul |
congratulations |
curls |
darked |
deft |
dexterous |
est |
fliers |
footsy |
frequently |
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frightening |
guaranteed |
heights |
hither |
lurch |
magical |
mordecai |
necking |
o'shea |
onward |
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pace |
pearls |
percent |
perch |
prickly |
prowl |
slump |
soar |
sprain |
weirdish |
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who'll |
yon |
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