Title - Fox's Dream
Author: Tejima
Publisher: Philomel Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Wandering through a winter forest, a lonely fox has an enchanting vision and then finds the companionship for which he has been longing. Entertain Narrative
RDQ
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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 28 Total # of Words 314 # of Different Words 136
Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 157 50% # of Hi freq words 37 27.2%
% of Long Sentences 6.9 Low Freq occurs 16 5.1% # of Low freq words 11 8.1%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Many descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Features
Present Tense
Topics
*Weather
Winter
Cold
Searching/Hunting
Foxes
Habitat
Low Frequency Words
faraway glisten moonlight nearness nestle nuzzle soars vixen wanders warmth
wildflowers