| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| One rainy day in the city, an eager little boy exclaims, “Rain!” Across town a grumpy man grumbles, “Rain.” |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 158 |
1.7 |
200 |
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 |
6 |
Total # of Words |
79 |
# of Different Words |
64 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
2 |
Hi Freq occurs |
15 |
19% |
# of Hi freq words |
11 |
17.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
12 |
15.2% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
10.9% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Captions/Simple |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Clear cause/effect |
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| Topics |
| Attitudes |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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delicious |
galoshes |
hippity |
hoppy |
overcoat |
pollywogs |
ribbit |
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