Title - Peanut Butter Sandwich Author: Silverstein, Shel Publisher: Unknown Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A king is obsessed with peanut butter sandwiches but then he eats one that is so sticky it takes the entire village to pull his jaws apart. Persuade Poetry RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 689 3.1 680 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 38 Total # of Words 342 # of Different Words 182 Ave Word/.Sent 21 Hi Freq occurs 160 46.8% # of Hi freq words 49 26.9% % of Long Sentences 81.3 Low Freq occurs 27 7.9% # of Low freq words 23 12.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Excessive # of characters Simple problem/solution Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Mood/tone Rhyming Unconventional punctuation Topics Cooperation Village *Community Food Kings/Queens *Home Arts & Food Low Frequency Words committed courtly drippings firemen grapplin kerack kingly lubricating mounds pliers ploughs plumber poem pried pulleys regal royal scepter scorned screech sovereign stubborn suicide