| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When Lou Lou, an individualistic cat, decides to wear a very large hat to lunch, her more conformist friend is very upset. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 270 |
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 |
26 |
Total # of Words |
1114 |
# of Different Words |
300 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
656 |
58.9% |
# of Hi freq words |
123 |
41% |
| % of Long Sentences |
1.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
18 |
1.6% |
# of Low freq words |
10 |
3.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Simple Plot |
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| Topics |
| Clothes |
| Trying to please |
| Conforming |
| Friendship |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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borrow |
delicious |
lapping |
lunchroom |
macaroni |
macaroons |
patter |
pillowcases |
pineapple |
sauce |
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