Title - Lion Author: DuBois, William Pene Publisher: Golden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Long ago angels sat in the Drawing Room and invented animals. This is a story about the angels who sit in the design department where new animal species are developed before they are created on earth, and the process they go through to achieve perfection. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 602 3.0 660 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 28 Total # of Words 1695 # of Different Words 399 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1105 65.2% # of Hi freq words 166 41.6% % of Long Sentences 10.4 Low Freq occurs 34 2% # of Low freq words 24 6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Designs Lions Drawing *Animals Artists Inventions/Inventors *Arts & Crafts Low Frequency Words designer diamond drawn ermine flown foreman furry giggling handsome legged medal meows ninth pure seventh shaggy sided sideways surely tasseled tweets universe whistles wows