| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| A small boy enumerates for his sister the marvelous things he will do for her when he is grown up, such as bringing her coral from the bottom of the sea and building her the biggest bridge in the world. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 167 |
1.7 |
210 |
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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 |
21 |
Total # of Words |
137 |
# of Different Words |
78 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
13 |
Hi Freq occurs |
69 |
50.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
26 |
33.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
10 |
Low Freq occurs |
2 |
1.5% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
2.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| First Person |
| Present Tense |
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| Topics |
| Dreams |
| Caring/Hugs |
| Brothers |
| *Family & Friends |
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