| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Pelle has a lamb whose coat grows longer and longer, while Pelle's Sunday suit grows shorter! Pelle shears the lamb, and the wool is carded, spun, dyed and woven. Finally, the tailor makes a new suit for Pelle. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 350 |
2.3 |
580 |
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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 |
33 |
Total # of Words |
460 |
# of Different Words |
161 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
15 |
Hi Freq occurs |
265 |
57.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
58 |
36% |
| % of Long Sentences |
23.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
16 |
3.5% |
# of Low freq words |
11 |
6.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
| Prior Knowledge: Familiarity |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Integral Setting - Historical |
| Simple problem/solution |
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| Topics |
| Work |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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carded |
colour |
neighbor |
raked |
rascal |
rowed |
shears |
swedish |
tailor |
tailor's |
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turpentine |
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