Title - In the Dinosaur's Paw Author: Giff, Patricia Reilly Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre It's the first day back to school after winter vacation, and Richard Best is off to a bad start. Who ever heard of a January without any snow? And as usual, he has already forgotten something. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 472 2.6 630 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 17 Total # of Words 1731 # of Different Words 493 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 1119 64.6% # of Hi freq words 221 44.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 26 1.5% # of Low freq words 18 3.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Magic Field Trips Dinosaurs *Schools & Education School Low Frequency Words argg coatroom drawer fiercest initials knelt knives leathery lunches marshy polk purse shoved swamp tuna tyranno tyrannosaurus vroom