| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| This picture book is a retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 754 |
3.2 |
690 |
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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 |
49 |
Total # of Words |
1220 |
# of Different Words |
344 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
794 |
65.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
142 |
41.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
15 |
Low Freq occurs |
76 |
6.2% |
# of Low freq words |
44 |
12.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Some difficult words |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Retelling of story/fable/legend |
| Onomatopoeia |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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annoyed |
antelope |
badamin |
burrow |
conscience |
council |
drawn |
fault |
glancing |
grumbling |
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grumpily |
guilty |
honest |
iguana |
iguana's |
kili |
limb |
lumbered |
meanwhile |
minding |
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mischief |
mosquitoes |
nature |
nervously |
outlet |
owlets |
poem |
prowling |
python |
python's |
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reeds |
satisfied |
scurried |
slithering |
startled |
summons |
terrified |
tidbit |
timid |
uncertainly |
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warn |
wasawusu |
waterhole |
whining |
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