| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Nicky wants to have a surprise party--for himself! He gets his friend Albert to invite all the kids, and make sure there's lots of cake and presents. What could go wrong? That's where the real surprise is! |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 242 |
2.1 |
500 |
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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 |
19 |
Total # of Words |
878 |
# of Different Words |
252 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
515 |
58.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
104 |
41.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
10 |
1.1% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
2.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Preparation |
| Birthdays |
| Gifts |
| Parties |
| *Family & Friends |
| *Holidays, Events, Cele |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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concert |
concerts |
nervously |
pogo |
snappers |
tuba |
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