Title - Swing, Swing, Swing
Author: Tuchman, Gail
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A young girl shares her swing with her many animal friends. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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49 1.0 90
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 10 Total # of Words 93 # of Different Words 24
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 41 44.1% # of Hi freq words 8 33.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: High support
Opening and closing text varies
1 pattern excl open/close
0 - 1 word changes in a pattern
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Cats
Frogs
*Animals
Horses
Play/Playing
Pets
Low Frequency Words