Title - Federico and the Wolf
Author: Gomez, Rebecca J
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
With his red hoodie on and his bicycle basket full of food, Federico is ready to visit Abuelo. But on the way, he meets a hungry wolf. And now his grandfather bears a striking resemblance to el lobo... Entertain Narrative
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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604 3.0 660 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 25 Total # of Words 534 # of Different Words 326
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 271 50.7% # of Hi freq words 101 31%
% of Long Sentences 11.4 Low Freq occurs 64 12% # of Low freq words 58 17.8%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Dialog: Two speakers
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Features
Retelling of story/fable/legend
Foreign words
Rhyming
Topics
Danger
Wolves
Food
Low Frequency Words
abuelo abuelo's anaheims ayuda bane barrier browsed budged chatter's concoction
cuidado dentures diced drooling furry garlic gasping grande grocery grooming
grunting gulped hefty herbs hola hurtled ingredients inhaled itched jalapeños
limes lobo lobo's marketplace niño ojos pedaled pickled pico prevailed
puerta romas salsa sauce scrambled scurried shared silla snuffed spice
tienda twitch twitched unaware unhurried wheezed wolfs workout's