| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him—short and sweet words, two-syllable treats, and multisyllable words that sound like little songs. Words that connect, transform, and empower. |
Entertain |
Narrative |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 324 |
2.3 |
560 |
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 |
21 |
Total # of Words |
319 |
# of Different Words |
166 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
144 |
45.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
52 |
31.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
2.1 |
Low Freq occurs |
35 |
11% |
# of Low freq words |
25 |
15.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Simple graphics, not necessary to text |
| Vocabulary: Some difficult words |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Words presented in isolation |
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| Topics |
| Sharing |
| Words |
| Collections/Collecting |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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candid |
collected |
collectors |
emptied |
glimmer |
hover |
imagined |
jerome |
jerome's |
jumbled |
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marvelous |
motif |
multi |
organizing |
pleasant |
poems |
poetic |
science |
scrapbook |
scurrying |
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simplest |
suited |
syllable |
transporting |
whisper |
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