Title - David and the Giant Author: Little, Emily Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A simple retelling of the story of David and Goliath. This accurate and lively version of the Bible story is written with a limited vocabulary well suited to beginning readers. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 206 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 14 Total # of Words 334 # of Different Words 148 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 182 54.5% # of Hi freq words 66 44.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.3% # of Low freq words 1 0.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Some phrases/refrains repeated Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Giants War Fighting Religion Low Frequency Words sword