| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Have you ever seen a man dressed entirely in playing cards? Or a girl wearing a lollipop dress? Take a stroll through a most unusual market, as a boy trots down Market Street buying presents for a friend, each one starting with a letter of the alphabet. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 157 |
1.7 |
200 |
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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 |
30 |
Total # of Words |
129 |
# of Different Words |
90 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
49 |
38% |
# of Hi freq words |
25 |
27.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
18.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
8 |
6.2% |
# of Low freq words |
8 |
8.9% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Only 1-4 words per page |
| Opening and closing text varies |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Shopping |
| Markets |
| Alphabet |
| Money |
| Gifts |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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instruments |
jewels |
lollipops |
merchants |
musical |
strolled |
wonders |
xmas |
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