Title - Shopping at the Mall
Author: Urmston, Kathleen - Karen Evans
Publisher: Kaeden Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A busy day at the mall is tiring! Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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100 1.3 140
RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 12 Total # of Words 149 # of Different Words 59
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 64 43% # of Hi freq words 13 22%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.7% # of Low freq words 1 1.7%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Some phrases/refrains repeated
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
First Person
Topics
Shopping
Mothers
*Family & Friends
Low Frequency Words
wrapping