| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| As he listens to Old Father's stories each day, a little boy asks if his friend has ever been young, but only after he has grown old himself, does he understand Old Father's answer. |
Entertain |
Folk Tales |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 1041 |
3.7 |
750 |
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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 |
32 |
Total # of Words |
1165 |
# of Different Words |
332 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
823 |
70.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
124 |
37.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
8.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
25 |
2.1% |
# of Low freq words |
17 |
5.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Several Implications |
| Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social |
| Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy |
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| Features |
| Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional |
| Mood/tone |
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| Topics |
| Growth/Growing |
| Seasons |
| Remembering |
| Age/Aging |
| Life Cycle |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Relationships |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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crackly |
horizon |
leathery |
plunged |
rough |
scarcely |
seasons |
smacked |
stubby |
sweetness |
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toothless |
trickled |
twittering |
unfolded |
whereever |
whirled |
wrinkled |
younger |
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