Title - Mouse Trap! Author: Cowley, Joy Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A tale of two little mice that went cheesing only to be spied by the old gray cat. This wise cat knew a thing or two and she planned to catch those mice. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 289 2.2 540 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 328 # of Different Words 151 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 173 52.7% # of Hi freq words 44 29.1% % of Long Sentences 26.1 Low Freq occurs 21 6.4% # of Low freq words 18 11.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Inferences: Some implications Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Simple problem/solution Topics Cats Mice Food Chain *Animals Food *Animal Life Low Frequency Words cheesing grey kittenish marvellous mound mousehole mousetime platter pouncing spat statue swiped towards twitching waken whiff whiskers yowl