| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Tommy's so excited that his mom is having a baby, and he asks her for a baby sister with a red ribbon in her hair. But he didn't ask for stern Nana Fall-River to come while his mom is in the hospital. Tommy and Nana don't get along very well, but when little Maureen is born, all the trouble is forgotten. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 473 |
2.6 |
630 |
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 |
31 |
Total # of Words |
899 |
# of Different Words |
324 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
580 |
64.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
146 |
45.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
16.1 |
Low Freq occurs |
19 |
2.1% |
# of Low freq words |
15 |
4.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Several Implications |
| Complexity: Several ideas - closely related |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Babies |
| Generations |
| Grandparents |
| Birth |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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basta |
cousins |
curtains |
diapers |
firenze |
florence |
happiest |
irish |
mangia |
maureen |
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prayers |
schoolyard |
tommasino |
tootsie |
viva |
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