| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers take a trip through the sights and sounds of a coming thunderstorm. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 89 |
1.2 |
130 |
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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 |
11 |
Total # of Words |
104 |
# of Different Words |
48 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
37 |
35.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
10 |
20.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
1% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
2.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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