Title - Aesop's Fables Author: Harding, Julia Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read classic short fables that offer simple yet valuable life lessons. Each tale uses animal characters to tell the story, and a moral is clearly stated at the end. Entertain Fables RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 354 2.3 580 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 20 Total # of Words 755 # of Different Words 271 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 502 66.5% # of Hi freq words 116 42.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 29 3.8% # of Low freq words 16 5.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Table of Contents Headings Additional activities Features Topics Storytelling *Language Arts Low Frequency Words falcon goddess gracefully humble jealous luxury moral nightingale pasture peacock peacock's prettiest raven reflection shepherd warned