Title - Little Red Riding Hood Author: Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Publisher: McGraw-Hill Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A retelling of the classic Brothers Grimm story of a little girl who went to visit her grandmother in the woods, and ran into a wolf instead. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 525 2.8 640 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 39 Total # of Words 1005 # of Different Words 347 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 706 70.2% # of Hi freq words 164 47.3% % of Long Sentences 13.4 Low Freq occurs 29 2.9% # of Low freq words 25 7.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Family Forests Grandparents Helping Relationships Low Frequency Words astonished curtains drawn generally hedge huntsman latch loiter maiden meantime morsel nightdress occurred prettier prettily skinned slashes solemn sought sprang swallowed velvet wander wandered whither wicket