Title - Mouse Soup Author: Lobel, Arnold Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Weasel is ready for his dinner, and poor Mouse is it. Can he stop the weasel from serving up mouse soup for supper? The little mouse tells the weasel four different stories in a way that enables him to avoid the weasel's stewpot. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 427 2.5 620 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 19 Total # of Words 1341 # of Different Words 315 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 938 69.9% # of Hi freq words 150 47.6% % of Long Sentences 0.5 Low Freq occurs 12 0.9% # of Low freq words 7 2.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Chapters Features Simple Plot Topics Mice *Animals Bugs Insects Low Frequency Words gooey pricked storied stung swamp weasel whiskers