Title - How to Be a Practically Perfect Pig
Author: Ward, Nick
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Have you ever said the wrong thing? Or done something in front of visitors that makes your parents blush? Well never mind. It's hard to be good all the time. Follow the rules in this book and soon you will be a perfect pig. Just like me. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
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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 29 Total # of Words 338 # of Different Words 175
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 192 56.8% # of Hi freq words 69 39.4%
% of Long Sentences 7.7 Low Freq occurs 8 2.4% # of Low freq words 8 4.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Topics
Manners
Behaviors
Messiness
Rules
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
burp delicious gulp higgledy piggledy private rumpled tidying