Title - Cat on the Mat Author: Wildsmith, Brian Publisher: Oxford University Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The cat sat on the mat. Who else sat on the mat? Other animals, up to an elephant! Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1 0.1 10 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 6 Total # of Words 37 # of Different Words 10 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 18 48.6% # of Hi freq words 2 20% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Caption/Simple One line text Opening or Closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Topics Dogs Cats *Animals Low Frequency Words