Title - A Dog Named Sam Author: Boland, Janice Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Sam loves to fetch. He fetches socks. He fetches shoes. He fetches the neighbor's clothesline! But Mother scolds, "No, Sam!" Whether he's trying to find a place to swim or a time to sleep, Sam is almost always in the doghouse! Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 250 2.1 510 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 13 Total # of Words 813 # of Different Words 269 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 501 61.6% # of Hi freq words 101 37.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 12 1.5% # of Low freq words 8 3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Simple Plot Topics Dogs *Animals Pets Low Frequency Words drawer emptied fetched fetching lifeguard scaring whimper whine