Title - Arthur's Pet Business Author: Brown, Marc Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Arthur starts his own petsitting business to show Mom and Dad that he can be responsible! But between a boa constrictor, an ant farm, and a group of frogs, he's got his hands full! Can Arthur still prove he can handle a dog of his own? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 378 2.4 590 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 22 Total # of Words 920 # of Different Words 349 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 528 57.4% # of Hi freq words 151 43.3% % of Long Sentences 1.2 Low Freq occurs 23 2.5% # of Low freq words 15 4.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Simple Plot Topics Work *Animals Helping *Family & Friends Pets Responsibility Low Frequency Words advertise blabbermouth boa chingg constrictor exhausted macmillans owe perky prove register responsibility responsible reward schedule