Title - Pocket for Corduroy, A
Author: Freeman, Don
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
When Lisa's toy bear Corduroy discovers that he doesn't have a pocket, he goes in search of one. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
Find at
501 2.7 640
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 26 Total # of Words 831 # of Different Words 348
Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 544 65.5% # of Hi freq words 152 43.7%
% of Long Sentences 1.2 Low Freq occurs 51 6.1% # of Low freq words 31 8.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Many descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Simple Plot
Topics
Toys
Clothes
Drawing
*Feelings, Behaviors
Bears
Low Frequency Words
accidentally beret corduroy customers fellow gradually hesitating inspired laundromat laundry
lidded manager mountainside nuzzled ought overalls patiently perked pockets precious
rascal seƱorita sewed shutting sketch slacks studio swirling unbuttoned wander
whirling