| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Oscar, who is blind, teaches Lucy how to read his Braille book. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 91 |
1.2 |
130 |
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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 |
12 |
Total # of Words |
116 |
# of Different Words |
68 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
47 |
40.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
27 |
39.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
0 |
0% |
# of Low freq words |
0 |
0% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Moderate support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Friendship |
| Blindness |
| *Schools & Education |
| Reading |
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