Title - Flossie and the Fox Author: McKissack, Patricia C. Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A wily fox, notorious for stealing eggs, meets his match when he encounters a bold little girl named Flossie in the woods as she carries her basket of eggs to Viola, and who insists upon proof that he is a fox before she will be frightened. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 851 3.4 710 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 35 Total # of Words 1535 # of Different Words 536 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1008 65.7% # of Hi freq words 211 39.4% % of Long Sentences 2.6 Low Freq occurs 109 7.1% # of Low freq words 84 15.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Glossary Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Foreign words Dialect/Accents Metaphors Topics Appearances Foxes Tricking Nature Self Esteem Animals: Forest Low Frequency Words absurd accord accordingly adequate aine announced beckoned cep'n ceremony claiming commenced confidence confidencer coop curtsy disremember expectin eyeing feline fella flossie further generation glance handing henhouses hollered hollow je knelt language lookin luxurious mccutchin mccutchin's meanwhile measure miserable missy miz mutts pardon particular piney pleaded pleading precedes prove purely raided rascal reckon recollect recover reputation respect route satisfied service sho shucks sittin situation slickster smarted smokehouse solution sortin sounding stiffly sunning tabby tarry tennessee terrified unsteady viola viola's wanna whimper y'all yawned yes'um yo'self