| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| From the catchy nonsense of X. J. Kennedy's 'Snowflake Souffle' to the simple, surprising imagery of Valerie Worth's 'Sun' to Hopkins's own onomatopoeic 'Thunder,' the short lines, satisfying rhyme, and physicalness of the words can lure beginning readers. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 937 |
3.5 |
730 |
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 |
43 |
Total # of Words |
1087 |
# of Different Words |
457 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
13 |
Hi Freq occurs |
620 |
57% |
# of Hi freq words |
146 |
31.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
24.4 |
Low Freq occurs |
49 |
4.5% |
# of Low freq words |
38 |
8.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Unconventional format |
| Opening and closing text varies |
| Some phrases/refrains repeated |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Colorful, figurative |
| Sentences: Many Long Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Some implications |
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| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Rhyming |
| Unconventional punctuation |
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| Topics |
| Sun |
| *Weather |
| Spring |
| Summer |
| Winter |
| Autumn |
| Wind |
| Snow |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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buttery |
cartwheels |
dunes |
giddy |
harbor |
haunches |
hind |
icicles |
lamplight |
livelong |
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maple |
muggy |
noon's |
oasis |
orangy |
patches |
pockmarked |
pours |
scorches |
scrunch |
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season |
shimmering |
showmen |
slushy |
smacking |
souffle |
sparrows |
stamping |
strew |
sweater |
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sweetness |
swords |
tornado |
trancelike |
understanding |
whirl |
windowpane |
xylophone |
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