| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| "Where the willow meets the water, a tadpole met a caterpillar. They gazed into each other's tiny eyes and fell in love. 'Promise me that you will never change', the caterpillar says."
|
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
|
Find at |
| 174 |
1.8 |
250 |
Amazon
|
| 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 |
19 |
Total # of Words |
372 |
# of Different Words |
137 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
200 |
53.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
50 |
36.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
11 |
3% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
5.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
|
|
| Topics |
| Changes |
| Butterflies |
| Feelings/Emotions |
| Caterpillars |
| Frogs |
| Insects |
| *Animal Life |
|
| Low Frequency Words |
|
gazed |
gulp |
leapt |
moonlit |
pearl |
seasons |
surely |
swallowed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
