Title - D.W. Thinks Big Author: Brown, Marc Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Even though her brother Arthur says she is too little to help with the upcoming wedding, D. W. proves she is just the right size when disaster strikes. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 304 2.2 550 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 24 Total # of Words 574 # of Different Words 232 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 307 53.5% # of Hi freq words 91 39.2% % of Long Sentences 0.8 Low Freq occurs 15 2.6% # of Low freq words 10 4.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Simple Plot Topics Weddings Helping *Family & Friends *Holidays, Events, Cele Low Frequency Words aisle bearer clonk grunted heating photographer purse swirling thora twirling