Title - The Clay Snake
Author: Morgan, Francis
Publisher: ReadingTeacher.com

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Mat makes a clay snake and Mit helps him try to sell it. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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85 1.2 120 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 12 Total # of Words 222 # of Different Words 53
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 115 51.8% # of Hi freq words 25 47.2%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Buying/Selling
*Arts & Crafts
Low Frequency Words