Title - Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Author: Waber, Bernard Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A cranky neighbor puts Lyle in the zoo but experiences a change of heart when the crocodile saves him from a fire. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1121 3.8 760 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 30 Total # of Words 1554 # of Different Words 557 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 965 62.1% # of Hi freq words 223 40% % of Long Sentences 6.6 Low Freq occurs 107 6.9% # of Low freq words 84 15.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Concept: Fanciful Features Simple Plot Topics Zoos Shopping *Safety Fears Friendship Performing Pets Low Frequency Words ability airing amused announce annoyed antique approaching astonished audience authorizing awakened carnation caviar charged chorus committed concern construction cozily daggerlike desperately dismissed distrustful dutch excitable familiar fortune frantically furious fury gasping glimpse grumps happier heroism horror immediately irritable kindest laden ladies loudspeaker madam miserable miserably neared neighbor neighborhood occupants onlookers particular performance performing persuaded pester pleasure primm primms privilege recognized regularly rescued resist restlessness salesman scarf separated shaken signor signore spite sporting surrounding swash swept terribly threat toothsome turkish unfortunately unhappily unsociable valenti witness