Title - Clifford The Small Red Puppy Author: Bridwell, Norman Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Clifford and Emily Elizabeth love doing activities together and taking care of each other. This is the story of how the biggest and most loved dog in America started off so small, and got to be so big! Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 215 2.0 470 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 16 Total # of Words 499 # of Different Words 195 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 324 64.9% # of Hi freq words 89 45.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 0.8% # of Low freq words 4 2.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development First Person Topics Dogs Caring/Hugs Love *Animals Pets Low Frequency Words healthy landlord neighbors runt