Title - Cinder Edna Author: Jackson, Ellen Publisher: Mulberry Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Once upon a time there were two girls who lived next door to each other. Cinder Edna was forced to work for her wicked stepmother and stepsisters, just as her neighbor, Cinderella, was. Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 922 3.5 720 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 34 Total # of Words 1569 # of Different Words 588 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 1004 64% # of Hi freq words 233 39.6% % of Long Sentences 9.1 Low Freq occurs 120 7.6% # of Low freq words 78 13.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Features Character traits Simple Plot Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Shoes Values Dance/Dancing Castles Princes/Princesses *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words accordion adorned afghanistan amaz­ingly announced boogied brimmed carriage casserole ceremony cinder cinders cinnamon coachman concertina conversation cruel dainty discouraged disposal duets ednas elegant engineering familiar flossed forlornly fragile god­daughter handsome heating housework ignore immediately impatiently incredibly kalamazoo kingdom ladies layaway meanwhile moreover mowing mussing nearsightedly neighbors occasions orphaned pecan peering pickled positively preparations princely ragged randolph recipes recycle recycled recycling refreshment review sauce scuffed solar sooty stepsisters studied swept tuna wand warned whap whistled women's woogied wrap­pers younger