| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| A retelling of a Philippine fable about two elderly boars -- one kind and cheerful, the other selfish and mean -- who find their actions repaid in very different ways. |
Entertain |
Folk Tales |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 273 |
2.1 |
520 |
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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 |
30 |
Total # of Words |
659 |
# of Different Words |
273 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
396 |
60.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
108 |
39.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
2.4 |
Low Freq occurs |
16 |
2.4% |
# of Low freq words |
15 |
5.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Attitudes |
| Fish |
| Reptiles |
| Kindness |
| Babysitters |
| Behaviors |
| Food |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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boars |
elderly |
grunted |
minnows |
neighbors |
prickle |
reeds |
ruckus |
scorpions |
shared |
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shower |
snarled |
snatched |
supplied |
uncover |
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