| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will read about unusual plants around the world. This book includes photographs of these strange plants and descriptions of their unusual qualities. Readers will be fascinated as they learn about carnivorous plants and other amazing members of the plant kingdom. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 264 |
2.1 |
520 |
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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 |
14 |
Total # of Words |
436 |
# of Different Words |
192 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
208 |
47.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
57 |
29.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
18 |
4.1% |
# of Low freq words |
14 |
7.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Captions |
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| Index |
| Additional activities |
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| Topics |
| *Plants |
| Environment |
| Habitat |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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colonies |
digests |
dodder |
edges |
moisture |
nighttime |
orchids |
parasite |
raising |
rotting |
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shrubs |
stapelia |
sundew |
venus |
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