Title - Hippo's Toothache Author: Ryan, Cheryl Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about Harry the Hippo, who lives in the jungle and has a horrible toothache. His animal friends try to help him and decide that they should pull out his tooth. One by one, they try unsuccessfully to extract the tooth. Finally, the tooth is pulled. The story has a surprise ending. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 163 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 14 Total # of Words 276 # of Different Words 107 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 147 53.3% # of Hi freq words 43 40.2% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 1.4% # of Low freq words 2 1.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Some phrases/refrains repeated Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Additional activities Features Simple problem/solution Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Topics Teeth Innovation Animals: Jungle Helping *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words groaning toothache