Title - Babe The Gallant Pig Author: King-Smith, Dick Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Babe arrives at Hogget Farm, Mrs. Hogget's thoughts turn to sizzling bacon and juicy pork chops - until he reveals a surprising talent for sheepherding, that is. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1763 4.7 860 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 85 Total # of Words 2425 # of Different Words 783 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1750 72.2% # of Hi freq words 344 43.9% % of Long Sentences 15.9 Low Freq occurs 146 6% # of Low freq words 112 14.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Chapters Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting Simple problem/solution Dialect/Accents Topics Dogs Learning Kindness *Animals Animals: Farm *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words absently acquainted afore aimlessly amazement angrily anybody'd astonishment bales bitch blimey boarded chap chasing chitterlings conducted confronted constant convenient curled dearie dignified distinctly emerged energies exhausted ferris foraged fortune foster freedom further grumbling gulped hastily hefted herding hesitated hogget hogget's housed hullo ignorant immediately in't instant instinct instinctive intelligent introduced kennel kindly learner liver loping madly maneuvered mangers medley mention mere meself murder murdered nervously newfound obediently oompah pence personally piglet plumed poised poultry preserves pricked produce pursing racket reassurance regarded rough rover rung saucer seeming shan't shown shutting silenced skittle sniggered softheartedness sounding source speech squealing stables stall stride swallows thereabouts thoughtfully tisn't tour twas twon't variation vicar vicar's weighing wrinkled yawning