Title - Jack and the Beanstalk Author: Kellogg, Steven Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Join young Jack as he climbs a giant beanstalk to a magic castle in the clouds. Meet a hen that lays golden eggs and a harp that sings by itself. And don't forget the ogre. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 764 3.2 690 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 46 Total # of Words 1577 # of Different Words 431 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1084 68.7% # of Hi freq words 183 42.5% % of Long Sentences 18.4 Low Freq occurs 39 2.5% # of Low freq words 29 6.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Idioms Similes Topics Giants *Plants Stealing Magic Gold *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words calves curious daresay dearie dolt gracious hunger idiot larder luckily magical milker muttered ogre ogre's paltry parish peltered precious robinson rogue sake sprung swap sworn tidy truly widow youngster