| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When two best friends compete in a mock rodeo at school, they learn that winning is not everything. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 295 |
2.2 |
540 |
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 |
17 |
Total # of Words |
808 |
# of Different Words |
244 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
407 |
50.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
86 |
35.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0.6 |
Low Freq occurs |
16 |
2% |
# of Low freq words |
5 |
2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Easy |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Competition |
| Winning/Losing |
| Friendship |
| School |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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jeans |
scrambled |
smacked |
tortilla |
tortillas |
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