Title - Peanut Butter and Jelly: A Play Rhyme Author: Westcott, Nadine Bernard Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A favorite play rhyme takes on super-duper proportions as two children create a table-sized sandwich from scratch. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 106 1.3 140 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 10 Total # of Words 156 # of Different Words 36 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 44 28.2% # of Hi freq words 8 22.2% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 3.2% # of Low freq words 3 8.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Topics Food How-To Low Frequency Words glop knead squash