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veggieman001 wrote:

Wickimen wrote:

scmb1 wrote:

Wow, that's silly. Also, a bunch of guides to books have much higher ratings than the books themselves. I feel like if a book needs a guide, it should have a fairly high rating.

Some book numbering systems are based off of the average syllables used in each word, which is supposed to calculate how difficult the words are
(But that isn't really true in some cases)
They then rate the book according to its difficulty, which may or may not make sense
Because for instance, 'rime' (a favorite word of mine) is less common than 'frost', yet they are the same amount of syllables
Maybe that is what they're doing here?

A Lexile text measure is based on two strong predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend: word frequency and sentence length.

Oh I see
Still though, could be the same problem--that doesn't necessarily mean that it's harder or easier because of sentence length/word freq.

Wickimen wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Wickimen wrote:

Some book numbering systems are based off of the average syllables used in each word, which is supposed to calculate how difficult the words are
(But that isn't really true in some cases)
They then rate the book according to its difficulty, which may or may not make sense
Because for instance, 'rime' (a favorite word of mine) is less common than 'frost', yet they are the same amount of syllables
Maybe that is what they're doing here?

A Lexile text measure is based on two strong predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend: word frequency and sentence length.

Oh I see
Still though, could be the same problem--that doesn't necessarily mean that it's harder or easier because of sentence length/word freq.

Aye. It'd be better to have a rating where books are rated by people on their difficulty.

bananaman114 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Wickimen wrote:

Oh I see
Still though, could be the same problem--that doesn't necessarily mean that it's harder or easier because of sentence length/word freq.

Aye. It'd be better to have a rating where books are rated by people on their difficulty.

What sort of people?
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That could prove both good and bad depending on who rated it
i'd love to but it will crash, could you come on galaxybox?

Wickimen wrote:

scmb1 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

I find this even more bizarre.

Wow, that's silly. Also, a bunch of guides to books have much higher ratings than the books themselves. I feel like if a book needs a guide, it should have a fairly high rating.

Some book numbering systems are based off of the average syllables used in each word, which is supposed to calculate how difficult the words are
(But that isn't really true in some cases)
They then rate the book according to its difficulty, which may or may not make sense
Because for instance, 'rime' (a favorite word of mine) is less common than 'frost', yet they are the same amount of syllables
Maybe that is what they're doing here?

Oh, I see. So the reason Catcher and the Rye isn't 1000+ is that the frequency of the phrase "and all" brings down the average syllable calculation. 

I'd suggest the Shakespeare Stealer, but then again, I'm doing it for [color=blue} 6th [/color] grade summer reading. And I don't think it has 300 pages.

Wickimen wrote:

Agg725 wrote:

I'd suggest the Shakespeare Stealer, but then again, I'm doing it for [color=blue} 6th [/color] grade summer reading. And I don't think it has 300 pages.

A good book, but 224 pages and an 870 lexile
I don't think I've ever had to do summer reading
Strange

Our school has one required summer reading book for each grade, and you have to pick 1 of 3 projects to do for a grade. (Even the teachers have summer reading this year!) On top of that, Mom always signs us up for the program at the library.

BoltBait wrote:

Here are some good choices for you:

Sense and Sensibility or Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

I'm looking for a good read as well. Hmm.... Which one... All of them!!

The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True love and High Adventure: The Good Parts version