Title - The Hat
Author: Brett, Jan
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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427 2.5 620 Amazon
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 22 Total # of Words 499 # of Different Words 214
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 299 59.9% # of Hi freq words 85 39.7%
% of Long Sentences 3.1 Low Freq occurs 34 6.8% # of Low freq words 19 8.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Simple Plot
Topics
Innovation
Clothes
Teasing
Appearances
Copying/Mimicry
*Animals
Low Frequency Words
chasing curious embarrassing gander gizzard hedgehog hedgie hedgie's magnificent perked
piglets prickles ridiculous squealed startled stocking stockings woolens yelped