Title - Clifford's Manners Author: Bridwell, Norman Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Emily Elizabeth taught Clifford good manners. He always says "please" and "thank you," follows the rules, and shares with his friends. It's easy to like someone like Clifford: even if he makes mistakes, he always tries to be kind and considerate. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 231 2.0 490 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 19 Total # of Words 295 # of Different Words 146 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 141 47.8% # of Hi freq words 42 28.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 7 2.4% # of Low freq words 7 4.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Features Topics Manners Dogs *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words disagree handkerchief knocks litterbugs obeys terrific tissue