Title - The Elves Night Before Christmas
Author: Kowitt, Holly - David Manis
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
On no! Santa's elves forgot to make a present for Santa. But it's the night before Christmas... Can the elves create a special gift for Santa in time? Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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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 20 Total # of Words 352 # of Different Words 220
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 189 53.7% # of Hi freq words 73 33.2%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 18 5.1% # of Low freq words 15 6.8%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Rhyming
Topics
Trying to please
Gifts
Mistakes
*Holidays, Events, Cele
Christmas
Low Frequency Words
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shrunk sleigh statue twas workshop