Title - Goliath at the Dog Show Author: Dicks, Terrance Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When a disappearing dog on the day of the local dog show suggests foul play, David's pet Goliath helps solve the mystery. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1181 3.9 780 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 38 Total # of Words 3033 # of Different Words 851 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2143 70.7% # of Hi freq words 355 41.7% % of Long Sentences 12.5 Low Freq occurs 200 6.6% # of Low freq words 149 17.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Table of Contents Chapters Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Topics Competition Dogs Stealing *Animals Pets Low Frequency Words abandoning absolutely ached admiration admiringly advice amusement angrily announcing anxiously applause approving aristocratic articles astonishment biscuits brute categories chihuahuas chorus comb combed comical committee competition competitions concerned consolingly contestant conversation curtain curtained demonstrate deserve desperately determined disappointedly disentangling disgraceful distinguished doubt doubtfully familiar fella fellow finale frantic gamble gloomily glory groomed hairdryer handsome heartily heaved highly honest hoping horrified horror hullo imposing impressive individual joining judged judges judging lathered laundromat leashed leashes liking loudspeaker lowered mackenzie mackenzie's markings mastiffs miracle miserably mongrel mongrels murmur nervously nightmare nipper nowhere obedience opposite pampered parading particular pattering paused pedigree peer pekinese permission persuaded portions practiced previous properly protesting ransom recently reckon refreshment reprovingly retired reward rinsed roaming russells scatterbrained scotties sealyham sedately sessions shaggy sheepdog shone shower spotless stalked stall stalls studied suggestion surrounded tactful tangled terribly terrier terriers terrified thoroughly thoughtfully thundering tremendous valuable various wandered wandering whirling who'd wretched youngster