Title - Fox Be Nimble Author: Marshall, James Publisher: Penguin Group Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Fox babysits rowdy children and ends up on TV, makes a big fuss over a small injury but learns to be brave, and finds a place where he can really show off - in a parade! Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 220 2.0 480 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 26 Total # of Words 816 # of Different Words 293 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 504 61.8% # of Hi freq words 134 45.7% % of Long Sentences 1.2 Low Freq occurs 10 1.2% # of Low freq words 7 2.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Table of Contents Chapters Features Character traits Topics Accidents Babysitters Behaviors *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words baton content jeans newscaster raisin rescued stubbed