Title - Charlotte's Web Author: White, E.B. Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Charlotte's Web is the classic story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur - and of Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1423 4.2 810 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 73 Total # of Words 3266 # of Different Words 873 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2414 73.9% # of Hi freq words 397 45.5% % of Long Sentences 10 Low Freq occurs 134 4.1% # of Low freq words 101 11.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics *Safety Caring/Hugs *Animals Farms Low Frequency Words absolutely addition adoring alongside amused approached arabic arable arable's asparagus blissful carriage cellar commotion controlling delightfully discarded distribute dreamily edith enchanted fern fitted grindstones grunted happier harness heavily hoghouse hollered hollering immediately increased infants injustice itched journeys lashes liking lurvy manure mending milking miserable mowers nevertheless newborn nipple noontime nursing oozy orchard overlooked patient pausing peaceful peered penned pennsylvania perspiration plaster pleasantly pricked promptly pupils racket raises raising relieved result risers runt runty scythes selecting sheepfold shone shovels sleepily smoothly sopping spaniel specially specimen springtime stalls stirred stroll suggest suits suppertime swallows trough untimely wandered warmth weakling wobbled woodshed wrenches zuckermans