Title - Old MacDonald had a farm Author: Unknown Publisher: Usborne Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre none Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 53 1.0 90 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 13 Total # of Words 182 # of Different Words 25 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 84 46.2% # of Hi freq words 9 36% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 2.7% # of Low freq words 1 4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Onomatopoeia Topics Sound/Sounds *Animals Animals: Farm Low Frequency Words mcdonald