Title - Hannah's Townspeople Author: Sweeney,Alyse Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about Hannah and Andy who are building a town as a school project. They need people for the town, but they're trouble finding some they can use that are the right size. How will they solve their problem? Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 238 2.0 500 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 15 Total # of Words 260 # of Different Words 146 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 118 45.4% # of Hi freq words 48 32.9% % of Long Sentences 2 Low Freq occurs 4 1.5% # of Low freq words 4 2.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Additional activities Features Simple problem/solution Topics *Arts & Crafts Low Frequency Words glued project scoopers sweetie