Title - Crickwing Author: Cannon, Janell Publisher: Harcourt Brace Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Crickwing never set out to be a bully -- he wanted only to create his art in peace. But the little cockroach is an easy target for the bigger creatures in the forest. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1144 3.9 770 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 27 Total # of Words 1374 # of Different Words 590 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 851 61.9% # of Hi freq words 222 37.6% % of Long Sentences 6.7 Low Freq occurs 125 9.1% # of Low freq words 100 16.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Bullies Food Chain Insects *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words absolutely ache aches aching agitated angrily annual approached banquet blurted cargo chef chortled clobbered colony confetti conquest cowering crevice crick crouched crowed dangling dastardly deserves drowsily edible eensy exoskeleton eyed ferocious flailed glee gravel greenest groggy gulped halt heartbroken hefty highness hoard hugest hunger inched incredible leafcutter leafcutters level lieutenant lieutenant's massive masterpiece meddles mere molecules muddling muttered noticing ocelot paced panic patience peace peered piling pitches plummeted pounced predators prisoner production punier quavered rightfully scaly scrambled sculpture seethed seize shred snarled sparkling spiny stammered streamed stunned swarmed swiped terra terrified throbbed truss twerps warriors wolfed worth yahoo yawned yelped