| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| The chameleon's life was not very exciting until the day it discovered it could change not only its color but its shape and size,too. When it saw the wonderful animals in the zoo, it immediately wanted to be like them -- and ended up like all of them at once -- with hilarious results. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 229 |
2.0 |
490 |
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 |
14 |
Total # of Words |
298 |
# of Different Words |
127 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
170 |
57% |
# of Hi freq words |
39 |
30.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
14 |
4.7% |
# of Low freq words |
8 |
6.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Wishes |
| Zoos |
| Colors |
| Appearances |
| *Animals |
| Habitat |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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chameleon |
chameleon's |
flamingo |
grey |
handsome |
reddish |
sideways |
sparkling |
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