Title - Hansel and Gretel Author: Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The tale of two innocent children, abandoned in the forest by their cruel mother, who happen upon an enchanting gingerbread house owned by a wicked witch. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 596 2.9 660 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 31 Total # of Words 2380 # of Different Words 611 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1806 75.9% # of Hi freq words 280 45.8% % of Long Sentences 9.6 Low Freq occurs 57 2.4% # of Low freq words 44 7.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Integral Setting Simple Plot Topics Witches Challenges Children Food Forests *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words crayfish devoured familiar gazing grieved hansel's hansen happiness headlong hesitate hobbled horribly hunger icing impatient jewels keen kindle kneaded knuckle lungs lure manage morsels murmured obey ourselves peace pearls pleasure pockets precious realize rosy seized shan't shared snared stable streamed strew transparent waid wickedly