Title - White House Pets
Author: Freed, Kira
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will read about the residents of the White House that include not only presidents and their families, but also their pets. Students will learn that the White House has been home to not only dogs and cats, but farm animals, woodland creatures, and even an alligator. Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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129 1.5 170
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 15 Total # of Words 142 # of Different Words 68
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 64 45.1% # of Hi freq words 21 30.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 7 4.9% # of Low freq words 3 4.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
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*Animals
Presidents
Pets
Low Frequency Words
president president's presidents