Title - A Pony for Keeps Author: Betancourt, Jeanne Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Fearing that her beloved new pony will be taken away from her if her grades do not improve, Anna looks for help with her schoolwork from Pony Pals Pam and Lulu in addition to her training routine for Acorn. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 938 3.5 730 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 26 Total # of Words 3045 # of Different Words 806 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2090 68.6% # of Hi freq words 365 45.3% % of Long Sentences 3.6 Low Freq occurs 113 3.7% # of Low freq words 86 10.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Chapters Headings Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Challenges *Animals Friendship Helping Horses *Human Body & Health Dyslexia Low Frequency Words adjusted adventurous alongside angrily anxiously catered challenge charged chestnut crandal crandals criticizing dismounted doodled embarrassed estate excitedly exploring gross haired handsome harley height instructor jeans jumper keyboard kindergarten lease leased leasing lightning's livingston mansion meanings mounted multiplication nature nickering olson olson's pace paddock paddocks pam's patiently pawed plaid practiced pretties prisoners quizzed recover reins relieved responsive review schoolbooks schooled schoolwork science separated shared shetland signaled sprung stalls stirrups stock stubborn studied surefooted terms terrific thoughtfully tour trespassing understanding veterinarian vocabulary weird whinnied wiggins wildlife willed woodland