Title - Ernst Author: Kleven, Elisa Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre "What if sand were fudgy?" "What if Father was called Pumpernickel?" "What if the schoolbus sang?" Meet Ernst, the inquisitive little crocodile, and enter a world where fancy is always ready to take flight. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 490 2.7 630 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 34 Total # of Words 516 # of Different Words 232 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 301 58.3% # of Hi freq words 79 34.1% % of Long Sentences 8.5 Low Freq occurs 29 5.6% # of Low freq words 22 9.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics *Space Birthdays Questions Imagination *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words asteroids bagels ernst ernst's faraway fudgy galaxies handing jell jiggling meteors oatmeal pantry pumpernickel scurried sparkling sweetie swirling trudged whirling wrinkled zillions