| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Pete's father starts kneading the dough. Next, some oil is generously applied. (Its really water.) And then some tomatoes. (They're really checkers.) When the dough gets tickled, it laughs like crazy.
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Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 207 |
2.0 |
470 |
Amazon
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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 |
23 |
Total # of Words |
243 |
# of Different Words |
129 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
122 |
50.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
47 |
36.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
3.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
10 |
4.1% |
# of Low freq words |
10 |
7.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Teasing |
| Imagination |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Pizza |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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applied |
draughts |
generously |
giggling |
kneading |
miserable |
noticing |
pepperoni |
talcum |
whirled |
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