| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When young Temple was diagnosed with autism, no one expected her to talk, let alone become one of the most powerful voices in modern science. Yet, the determined visual thinker did just that. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 632 |
3.0 |
670 |
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 |
32 |
Total # of Words |
832 |
# of Different Words |
394 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
530 |
63.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
153 |
38.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
12.9 |
Low Freq occurs |
36 |
4.3% |
# of Low freq words |
35 |
8.9% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Vocabulary: Some difficult words |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Character development |
| Simple Plot |
| Rhyming |
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| Topics |
| Inclusion |
| Learning |
| Behaviors |
| Problem Solving |
| *Schools & Education |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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autism |
balked |
bleaker |
college |
cowgirl's |
doubt |
feats |
fitting |
future |
glory |
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grandest |
grandin |
grandin's |
herds |
holler |
honors |
ignore |
instance |
invention |
ladies |
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loner |
mentioned |
offbeat |
proclaimed |
science |
shriek |
soar |
solutions |
speeches |
squeezy |
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studies |
surely |
taunted |
unique |
who'd |
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