| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will read about animals, including a squirrel, a skunk, and a raccoon, who are worried that the moon is disappearing. They think their fears have come true until they get a lesson about the moon and its phases from wise old Owl. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 220 |
2.0 |
480 |
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 |
478 |
# of Different Words |
170 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
282 |
59% |
# of Hi freq words |
79 |
46.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
1.3% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
1.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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