Title - Halloween Hustle Author: Gunnufson, Charlotte Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre n the dark, a funky beat. Something white with bony feet. Skeleton dancing up the street, Doing the Halloween Hustle. Skeleton is dancing his way to a Halloween party. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 259 2.1 520 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 20 Total # of Words 406 # of Different Words 199 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 166 40.9% # of Hi freq words 44 22.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 30 7.4% # of Low freq words 19 9.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Rhyming Present Tense Topics Body Monsters Dance/Dancing *Holidays, Events, Cele Halloween Low Frequency Words cruises fashion frankenstein funky ghostly ghoulish grooves halloween host hustle jive judges scuffles shimmies shuffles snazzy spine whine zombies