Title - Anna and the Magic Coat Author: Siburt, Ruth Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about a girl named Anna whose school picnic could be ruined by rain. But Oma tells Anna about Opa's magic coat, which can change the weather. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 263 2.1 520 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 15 Total # of Words 474 # of Different Words 209 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 234 49.4% # of Hi freq words 79 37.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 7 1.5% # of Low freq words 7 3.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Additional activities Features Clear cause/effect Topics Magic *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words icing murmured raindrops rover sailor swirled wears