| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| The pig on Neligan's farm sits by the pond feeling envious of the ducks and the geese floating in the cool water. But pigs don't swim ... do they? |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 180 |
1.8 |
300 |
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 |
20 |
Total # of Words |
365 |
# of Different Words |
94 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
163 |
44.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
29 |
30.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
5 |
1.4% |
# of Low freq words |
5 |
5.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| *Weather |
| Swimming |
| *Animals |
| Animals: Farm |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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gulped |
shone |
stamping |
twirling |
underwear |
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