| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Tells the story of three pigs who acquire some magic shapes, which they use for various purposes, some smart and some not so smart. |
Entertain |
Fairy Tales |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 218 |
2.0 |
490 |
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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 |
26 |
Total # of Words |
699 |
# of Different Words |
213 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
12 |
Hi Freq occurs |
423 |
60.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
92 |
43.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
10.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
27 |
3.9% |
# of Low freq words |
12 |
5.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Some phrases/refrains repeated |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Features |
| Simple problem/solution |
| Simple Plot |
| Retelling of story/fable/legend |
| Parody |
| Storybook Language |
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| Topics |
| Shapes |
| *Animals |
| Imagination |
| *Math |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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boarded |
chinny |
fortune |
fortunes |
honeymoon |
medium |
parallelogram |
sailboat |
separate |
swan |
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triangle |
triangles |
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