| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Who ate Mrs. Meech's blueberry pie? Mrs. Meech calls on private eyes Wizard, Skinny, Tubby, and Snitch to help her find out! |
Entertain |
Mystery |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 354 |
2.3 |
580 |
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 |
20 |
Total # of Words |
1358 |
# of Different Words |
322 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
871 |
64.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
158 |
49.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
9 |
0.7% |
# of Low freq words |
4 |
1.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
| Sequence of Events: Chronological |
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| Topics |
| Mystery |
| Children |
| Dogs |
| Searching/Hunting |
| Food |
| Detectives |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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cellar |
marigold |
private |
shucks |
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