Title - Love That Dog Author: Creech, Sharon Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Jack; Room 105 -- Miss Stretchberry; September 13; I don't want to, because boys don't write poetry. Girls do. But before he knows it Jack is creating his own poetry and a wonderful story emerges as he becomes interested in this thing that "girls do"! Entertain Diary/Journal/Letters RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1327 4.1 800 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 86 Total # of Words 1481 # of Different Words 388 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 1052 71% # of Hi freq words 168 43.3% % of Long Sentences 27.3 Low Freq occurs 37 2.5% # of Low freq words 17 4.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Required Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development Mood/tone Figurative Language First Person Present Tense Topics Teacher/Teaching Writing Dogs Learning Love *Communication Authors Poetry *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words anonymous caution curled january pastor pasture poem poems poet poetry protection screech splattered tottery wheelbarrow whisp worth