Title - The Snowy Day
Author: Keats, Ezra Jack
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Wake up with Peter to a snow-covered day where adventure awaits. Entertain Realistic Fiction
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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203 2.0 460
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 24 Total # of Words 322 # of Different Words 161
Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 183 56.8% # of Hi freq words 58 36%
% of Long Sentences 10 Low Freq occurs 3 0.9% # of Low freq words 3 1.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
*Weather
Winter
Snowmen
Snow
Games
Imagination
Low Frequency Words
adventures smacking snowsuit