Title - How The Grinch Stole Christmas Author: Seuss, Dr. Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from the Whos in the village; but much to his surprise, Christmas comes anyway. Could Christmas be more than presents? Will the Grinch change his ways for the holidays? Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 628 3.0 670 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 38 Total # of Words 1380 # of Different Words 449 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 932 67.5% # of Hi freq words 180 40.1% % of Long Sentences 11.1 Low Freq occurs 61 4.4% # of Low freq words 42 9.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Rhyming Topics Attitudes Stealing Gifts *Community *Feelings, Behaviors *Holidays, Events, Cele Christmas Low Frequency Words checkerboards chimbley crumpit flue giddap glee grinch liar lied likely mistletoe nervously nimbly paused practically puzzler puzzling ramshackle reindeer saint scarce season shove sleigh slithered slunk snarled sneer stockings thread tinsel tiptop tot trappings ville waking whizzed who'd whos workshop wrappings wreath