Title - How Glooskap Found Summer Author: Unknown Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read this tale about Glooskap, the Native American leader of his people who seeks a way to end the perilous winter that has gripped the land. He finds that a giant named Winter has caused the cold weather. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 204 2.0 460 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 11 Total # of Words 256 # of Different Words 131 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 118 46.1% # of Hi freq words 45 34.4% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Additional activities Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Mood/tone Retelling of story/fable/legend Personification Difficult names Topics *Weather Changes Summer Winter Seasons Overcoming Low Frequency Words