| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| This story celebrates friendship that one child has with the Earth. They play together, listen to each other, and nourish each other. But when the Earth is sad, the child is sad--so he finds a way to make his friend, the Earth, happy. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 104 |
1.3 |
140 |
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 |
7 |
Total # of Words |
84 |
# of Different Words |
42 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
47 |
56% |
# of Hi freq words |
15 |
35.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
1.2% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
2.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Environment |
| Ecology |
| Earth |
| Friendship |
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