Title - The Day the Sheep Showed Up
Author: McPhail, David
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
When a new animal comes to the barnyard, the animals try to determine which one of them it resembles - since it is white like the duck, has four legs like the pig, and eats clover like the cow. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
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162 1.7 200 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 16 Total # of Words 306 # of Different Words 120
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 179 58.5% # of Hi freq words 47 39.2%
% of Long Sentences 2 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Unconventional format
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Easy
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
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*Animals
Games
Animals: Farm
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