Title - Silly Tilly's Thanksgiving Dinner
Author: Hoban, Lillian
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Forgetful Silly Tilly Mole nearly succeeds in ruining her Thanksgiving dinner, but her animal friends come to the rescue with tasty treats. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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272 2.1 520
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 29 Total # of Words 901 # of Different Words 271
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 529 58.7% # of Hi freq words 112 41.3%
% of Long Sentences 0.6 Low Freq occurs 26 2.9% # of Low freq words 14 5.2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Topics
Recipes
Celebrations
Thanksgiving
Remembering
Food
*Family & Friends
*Holidays, Events, Cele
Low Frequency Words
cranberry earmuffs fieldmouse's invitation invitations practicing recipe recipes scarf smudged
sniffle turkey's woodchuck woodchuck's