Title - Dinosaur in Trouble
Author: Gordon, Sharon
Publisher: Troll Associates

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Dinny the Dinosaur has a snoring problem that is keeping the entire town awake. How will they resolve this situation? Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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95 1.3 130 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 122 # of Different Words 50
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 51 41.8% # of Hi freq words 19 38%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Features
Topics
Dinosaurs
*Animals
Low Frequency Words