Title - Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail Author: Unknown Publisher: Dallas Morning News Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Nate the Great has his work cut out for him. Rosamond has lost his birthday present! But how can Nate find his missing present when Rosamond won't tell him what it is? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 417 2.5 610 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 31 Total # of Words 1919 # of Different Words 406 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1361 70.9% # of Hi freq words 203 50% % of Long Sentences 3.8 Low Freq occurs 33 1.7% # of Low freq words 16 3.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features First Person Topics Mystery Cats Problem Solving Low Frequency Words bulgy detective duper icicles lighter medium nowhere plaid polka refrigerator scorpions sludge trudged tuna unbroken whiter