Title - Hubert the Caterpillar Who Thought He Was a Mustache Author: Stang, Wendy - Susan Richards Publisher: Harlin Quist Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Hubert is a very mixed-up caterpillar. He thinks he is a mustache -- but there are problems. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 287 2.2 530 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 20 Total # of Words 322 # of Different Words 147 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 165 51.2% # of Hi freq words 44 29.9% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 14 4.3% # of Low freq words 10 6.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Butterflies Caterpillars Imagination *Feelings, Behaviors Pretend Low Frequency Words encouraged immense introduced mustache ought photograph squirmed towards unlatched wandered