Title - Molly's Monsters
Author: Slater, Teddy
Publisher: Platt & Munk

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
As Molly rests in her bed, she is visited by a glog, trogs, creepy creatures, oggs, glox, fiendlets, beasties, and glitches, so she turns on the light and scares them away. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
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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 19 Total # of Words 290 # of Different Words 157
Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 129 44.5% # of Hi freq words 47 29.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 26 9% # of Low freq words 17 10.8%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Many descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Difficult
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Difficult names
Rhyming
Unusual use of vocabulary
Topics
Monsters
Counting
Imagination
Night
Numbers
Low Frequency Words
beasties drainspout fiendlets glitches glog glox gnaw gruesome hasty hubbub
oggs ooze retreat toothsome trogs whirl yawning