Title - Charlie the Caterpillar Author: Luise, Dom De Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre As Charlie the Caterpillar meets one group of animals after another playing together and having fun, he asks if he can join in. But each time he's told not welcome -- because he's ugly. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 297 2.2 540 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 27 Total # of Words 872 # of Different Words 248 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 537 61.6% # of Hi freq words 102 41.1% % of Long Sentences 2.4 Low Freq occurs 22 2.5% # of Low freq words 13 5.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Topics Changes Butterflies Sports Caterpillars Spring Winter Appearances Mice *Animals Low Frequency Words cocoon delicious giddadda gotta miniature miserable pitiful pleaded shrugged soared whistling whoopie yawned