| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will read about the many different types of shoes found around the world, including babouches from Morocco, klompen from Holland, lotus shoes from China, Saami reindeer boots from Lapland, cowboy boots from Australia, and sandals from Africa. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 245 |
2.1 |
500 |
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 |
17 |
Total # of Words |
360 |
# of Different Words |
176 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
175 |
48.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
63 |
35.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
18 |
5% |
# of Low freq words |
15 |
8.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Simple graphics, not necessary to text |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Complexity: Several ideas - closely related |
| Additional activities |
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| Features |
| Simple Plot |
| First Person |
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| Topics |
| Shoes |
| Grandparents |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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babouches |
factories |
finland |
klompen |
lapland |
lotus |
morocco |
norway |
reasons |
reindeer |
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saami |
sandals |
soles |
stirrups |
sweden |
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