| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| After weeks of protesting, Molly finally allows her mother to cut her hair, but when the snipping is completed, a horrified Molly thinks that she now looks like a boy. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 232 |
2.0 |
490 |
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 |
24 |
Total # of Words |
603 |
# of Different Words |
226 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
360 |
59.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
100 |
44.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
1.9 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
1% |
# of Low freq words |
5 |
2.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Clear cause/effect |
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| Topics |
| Appearances |
| Family |
| Hair/Haircuts |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Names |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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carrier |
gravel |
ironed |
nicknames |
scissors |
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