| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Doc brings home her class pet, Coleslaw the hamster, for the weekend, and all of the toys are excited for her arrival. After a fun-filled day of running and playing, Chilly notices that Coleslaw isn't acting like her energetic self. Doc decides that this pet needs a vet—stat!
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Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 201 |
2.0 |
460 |
Amazon
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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 |
9 |
Total # of Words |
353 |
# of Different Words |
141 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
153 |
43.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
54 |
38.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
10 |
2.8% |
# of Low freq words |
5 |
3.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Features |
| Simple problem/solution |
| Present Tense |
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| Topics |
| Caring/Hugs |
| Health |
| *Human Body & Health |
| Pets |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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clinic |
coleslaw |
coleslaw's |
diagnosis |
heartbeat |
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