Title - Clifford Runs to Story Time Author: Bridwell, Norman Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Why is Clifford running? Because it's story time at the library! Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 26 0.5 60 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 7 Total # of Words 33 # of Different Words 19 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 15 45.5% # of Hi freq words 6 31.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Moderate support One line text Opening and closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics *Animals Libraries Low Frequency Words