Title - Big Anthony Author: dePaola, Tomie Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre From the day he is born, Big Anthony never pays attention. As a boy, he leaves the gates of the farm open and all the animals escape. As a young man off to make his fortune in the world, he accidentally “fixes” the leaning Tower of Pisa. Will Italy survive the hilarious mishaps of Big Anthony? Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 733 3.2 690 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 29 Total # of Words 1411 # of Different Words 470 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 930 65.9% # of Hi freq words 200 42.6% % of Long Sentences 4.1 Low Freq occurs 92 6.5% # of Low freq words 64 13.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Character traits Simple Plot Difficult names Foreign words Topics Travel/Traveling Mistakes *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words altar announced arrivederci attenzione bambino buona byways cardinal cardinale christening compleanno emilio fault favore felice firenze firstborn fortuna fortune further future godfather godparents graziella grove halt happiest haying henceforth il lunches maestro mamma marcello mount napoli nonno northern nowhere olive padre padrino pisa pour powders priest priests professore restaurant roma rosetta sí schoolroom separate signore speech spilling strode tidy toll travelled vesuvius whistling zuppa