Title - A Dog Called Kitty Author: Wallace, Bill Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The puppy was small and fuzzy, with a friendly, wagging tail -- and Ricky was afraid of him! No wonder, since he was attacked by a dog when he was just a baby. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1407 4.2 810 Amazon 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 39 Total # of Words 3375 # of Different Words 838 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2693 79.8% # of Hi freq words 382 45.6% % of Long Sentences 13 Low Freq occurs 101 3% # of Low freq words 82 9.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Features Character traits Character development Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Dialect/Accents Topics Dogs Overcoming Fears *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words acres alongside anyways arguin bellybutton bristly cellar chasing clamoring commenced commotion danged darlinger deadout dewdrops doubled downright factories fender fledged flung furry fussin fuzzed glance gonna hauling haunches hoping inched jaybird jenks kinda knowing liking lobster mam mangy mcneil mouthful movement muscled naked neighbors nesting orneriness outa parlen pasture pouncing purse quivering reckon reeling rough scraggly scrambled scrunched shins shrug sickly silvery sliding smacked sneered socket sopping sorta specially squalling squared squealing stadium stark startled stern tearing that'll there're tomcat trample unconsciously whining