Title - Hattie and the Fox
Author: Fox, Mem
Publisher: Bradbury Press

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Hattie, a big black hen, discovers a fox in the bushes, which creates varying reactions in the other barnyard animals. Few seem to pay any attention to her warning -- not the pig, nor the horse, nor the cow, nor the goose. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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160 1.7 200 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 19 Total # of Words 321 # of Different Words 73
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 168 52.3% # of Hi freq words 26 35.6%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 10 3.1% # of Low freq words 2 2.7%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Features
Topics
Mystery
Observation
*Animals
Farms
Low Frequency Words
gracious grief