Title - Ten, Nine, Eight
Author: Bang, Molly
Publisher: Greenwillow Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
This is a counting book which is also the story of a young girl getting ready for bed. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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99 1.3 140
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 7 Total # of Words 59 # of Different Words 51
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 15 25.4% # of Hi freq words 7 13.7%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 1.7% # of Low freq words 1 2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Rhyming
Unconventional punctuation
Topics
Preparation
*Feelings, Behaviors
Numbers
Low Frequency Words
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