Title - Arthur's Tooth Author: Brown, Marc Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Arthur's whole class has started losing their teeth - but not Arthur. His loose tooth wiggles but won't come out. Everyone seems to think they have the best solution. But none of their ideas work! Will he be stuck with his tooth forever? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 365 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 20 Total # of Words 728 # of Different Words 313 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 431 59.2% # of Hi freq words 146 46.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 19 2.6% # of Low freq words 15 4.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Topics Teeth Changes Babies Dentists Differences Health Low Frequency Words announcer cafeteria convinced deciduous investment looser patients persuaded practiced professional raisins sozio spending thora twirling