Title - Clever Tom and the Leprechaun: An Old Irish Story Author: Schute, Linda Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Clever Tom Fitzpatrick thinks his fortune is made when he captures a leprechaun and forces him to reveal the hiding place of his gold, but the leprechaun is clever, too. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 706 3.1 680 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 25 Total # of Words 785 # of Different Words 341 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 500 63.7% # of Hi freq words 139 40.8% % of Long Sentences 1.5 Low Freq occurs 50 6.4% # of Low freq words 37 10.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Retelling of story/fable/legend Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Tricking Fairies Fantasy *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words acres boliaun boliauns brogue fellow figuring fitzpatrick fortune fortune's frightening harvest hedge hedges heelpiece hoodwinked kindly knocking knowing leprechaun leprechaun's leprechauns neighbor ought peat pestering piggin prisoner ramble rascal shovel shown southward squirming swear thunderation traipsed whined