Title - The Clown
Author: Urmston, Kathleen - Karen Evans
Publisher: Kaeden Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
What does a clown put on to be a clown? A nose, a bow-tie, and more! Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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3 0.1 10 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 5 Total # of Words 29 # of Different Words 14
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 10 34.5% # of Hi freq words 4 28.6%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Caption/Simple
Opening or Closing text varies
1 pattern excl open/close
0 - 1 word changes in a pattern
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Clowns
Faces
*Entertainment & Fun
Performing
Low Frequency Words