| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 837 |
3.3 |
710 |
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 |
31 |
Total # of Words |
365 |
# of Different Words |
221 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
164 |
44.9% |
# of Hi freq words |
55 |
24.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
12.5 |
Low Freq occurs |
50 |
13.7% |
# of Low freq words |
42 |
19% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Vocabulary: Many difficult words |
| Language: Archaic, Poetic,... |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Difficult |
| Concept: Fanciful |
| Prior Knowledge: Familiarity |
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| Topics |
| Sound/Sounds |
| Counting |
| *Music |
| Musical instruments |
| Noises |
| Numbers |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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bassoon |
cello |
clarinet |
concerts |
descends |
duo |
encore |
fellows |
galore |
gleeful |
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gliding |
hesitate |
implore |
mello |
mournful |
nonet |
oboe |
octet |
oiled |
orchestra |
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pleading |
poised |
quartet |
reeding |
reeds |
septet |
sextet |
silken |
sleek |
slender |
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sliding |
sliver |
soar |
soaring |
solo |
soul |
steely |
trio |
trombone |
valves |
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violin |
woody |
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