| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| "Once there was a tree... and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk... |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 368 |
2.4 |
590 |
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 |
37 |
Total # of Words |
625 |
# of Different Words |
158 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
396 |
63.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
72 |
45.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
6.5 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
0.2% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
0.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Several Implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
| Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy |
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| Topics |
| Sharing |
| Age/Aging |
| Love |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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