Title - Home for a Puppy Author: Gordon, Sharon Publisher: Troll Associates Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A young boy's dog named Daisy has four puppies. Good homes must be found for all of them. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 100 1.3 140 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 193 # of Different Words 41 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 69 35.8% # of Hi freq words 13 31.7% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Simple problem/solution Topics *Animals Pets Low Frequency Words