Title - Drummer Hoff Author: Emberly, Barbara Publisher: Prentice-Hall Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A jaunty adaptation of a cumulative folk song about seven soldiers who build a magnificent cannon and Drummer Hoff, who fires it off. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 234 2.0 490 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 47 Total # of Words 173 # of Different Words 29 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 39 22.5% # of Hi freq words 3 10.3% % of Long Sentences 35.7 Low Freq occurs 38 22% # of Low freq words 9 31% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Repeated patterns in cumulative form Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Oral/Natural Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Preparation Soldiers Weapons *Careers Names Occupations Low Frequency Words bammer carriage corporal general major parriage private rammer sergeant