Title - Hansel and Gretel Author: Jerrard, Jane Publisher: Publications International Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Classic fairy tale about two young children who get lost in the woods and get caught by a bad witch. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 255 2.1 510 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 24 Total # of Words 675 # of Different Words 280 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 426 63.1% # of Hi freq words 119 42.5% % of Long Sentences 11.8 Low Freq occurs 11 1.6% # of Low freq words 10 3.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Witches Tricking Good/Evil *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words hansel's hunger icing luckily overheard pockets shove swan warned woodcutter's