Title - Five Ugly Monsters
Author: Arnold, Tedd
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A funny variation on a familiar nursery rhyme finds five ugly little monsters jumping on a forbidden bed, falling off, bumping their heads, and being warned by the doctor to behave from there on. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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54 1.0 90 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 19 Total # of Words 147 # of Different Words 29
Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 59 40.1% # of Hi freq words 10 34.5%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Opening or Closing text varies
1 pattern excl open/close
2-3 Word changes in a pattern
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Parody
Topics
Monsters
Actions
Doctors
Accidents
*Fictional Ideas/Charac
Low Frequency Words