Title - Nice New Neighbors Author: Brandenberg, Franz Publisher: Greenwillow Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The Fieldmouse children find a way to make new friends when they move to a new house. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 311 2.2 550 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 27 Total # of Words 1122 # of Different Words 207 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 661 58.9% # of Hi freq words 90 43.5% % of Long Sentences 2 Low Freq occurs 34 3% # of Low freq words 14 6.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Topics Sharing Inclusion Children Games Neighbors Performing Low Frequency Words applauded audience esther judge meanwhile neighbor's neighborhood neighbors productions rehearsed rosy sewed tailors witnesses