Title - Pirate Pat
Author: Mackinnon, Mairi
Publisher: Usborne Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Young readers embark on an exciting journey with Pirate Pat as he navigates through obstacles and uncovers clues, making it an engaging and fun-filled story perfect for early readers. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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130 1.5 170 Amazon
RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 11 Total # of Words 142 # of Different Words 89
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 57 40.1% # of Hi freq words 27 30.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.7% # of Low freq words 1 1.1%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Speech Bubbles
Dialog: Two speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Present Tense
Topics
Treasures
Searching/Hunting
Pirates
Fears
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
tattered