Title - Clifford the Big Red Dog Author: Bridwell, Norman Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Clifford is big. Clifford is red. But most of all, Clifford knows how to be a good friend. Emily Elizabeth tells the reader about the dilemmas and delights of having a really big, red dog. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 186 1.9 340 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 13 Total # of Words 238 # of Different Words 128 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 127 53.4% # of Hi freq words 46 35.9% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 0.8% # of Low freq words 2 1.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Topics Dogs *Animals Pets Low Frequency Words combed reddest