Title - The Big Band
Author: Morgan, Francis
Publisher: ReadingTeacher.com

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
The story of the formation of a band to play for a king and queen. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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96 1.3 130 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 13 Total # of Words 196 # of Different Words 64
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 91 46.4% # of Hi freq words 23 35.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.5% # of Low freq words 1 1.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Simple
Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Captions/Simple
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
*Music
Musical instruments
Low Frequency Words
statue