| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will read about a little boy named Sammy who likes to collect and save lots of stuff. By the time he is an adult, he has collected so much stuff that he has to find places to store it all. Sammy finally realizes that all his stuff does not really make him happy, so he decides to give it all away. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 557 |
2.8 |
650 |
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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 |
789 |
# of Different Words |
242 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
494 |
62.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
102 |
42.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
2.4 |
Low Freq occurs |
28 |
3.5% |
# of Low freq words |
21 |
8.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social |
| Additional activities |
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| Topics |
| Sharing |
| Learning |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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absolutely |
blurted |
borrow |
decision |
drawer |
drawers |
fancier |
frustrated |
garages |
happier |
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hardware |
paused |
radios |
realize |
refused |
respond |
software |
stashing |
stereos |
stuffit |
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warehouses |
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