Title - Peter's Chair Author: Keats, Ezra Jack Publisher: Harper & Row Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Peter is not happy when he sees all of his things being painted pink for his new sister. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 219 2.0 480 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 18 Total # of Words 293 # of Different Words 152 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 163 55.6% # of Hi freq words 62 40.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 1.7% # of Low freq words 4 2.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character development Simple Plot Topics Sharing Growth/Growing Babies Family *Family & Friends Parents Relationships Low Frequency Words biscuits curtain muttered rascal