Title - The Three Friends and the Leaves
Author: dePaola, Tomie
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Three friends love to play in the fall leaves. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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64 1.0 100
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 17 Total # of Words 59 # of Different Words 37
Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 21 35.6% # of Hi freq words 9 24.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
No pattern variation
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
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Topics
Trees
*Weather
Autumn
Seasons
Colors
Low Frequency Words