Title - A Dog Like Jack Author: Disalvo-Ryan, Dyanne Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book shows the fun of an active dog as well as the gradual decline of the aged animal. When Jack dies, the boy and his parents hug one another and cry together. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 606 3.0 660 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 32 Total # of Words 1091 # of Different Words 388 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 756 69.3% # of Hi freq words 181 46.6% % of Long Sentences 4.5 Low Freq occurs 10 0.9% # of Low freq words 8 2.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Simple Plot Topics Dogs Death Love *Animals *Feelings, Behaviors Pets Low Frequency Words alien clinic halloween material rectangle scarves sewed shepherd