| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Jamie plants a pumpkin seed in the spring and, after watching it grow all summer, carves a face in it for Halloween! But best of all, he saves some seeds that he will plant again next spring. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 113 |
1.4 |
150 |
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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 |
37 |
Total # of Words |
76 |
# of Different Words |
31 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
19 |
Hi Freq occurs |
31 |
40.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
10 |
32.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
25 |
Low Freq occurs |
3 |
3.9% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
6.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| One line text |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Features |
| Unconventional punctuation |
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| Topics |
| Seeds |
| Size |
| *Plants |
| Holidays |
| Gardens/Gardening |
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