Title - Pig Picnic Author: Hubbell, Patricia Publisher: Golden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Some pigs enjoy playing and eating on their picnic until a wolf arrives. The pigs try to get rid of the wolf until they find out what he really wants. Entertain Poetry RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 110 1.4 150 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 7 Total # of Words 123 # of Different Words 74 Ave Word/.Sent 2 Hi Freq occurs 37 30.1% # of Hi freq words 23 31.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 3.3% # of Low freq words 2 2.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Some phrases/refrains repeated Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Rhyming Onomatopoeia Topics Cooking *Animals *Home Arts & Food *Entertainment & Fun Picnics Low Frequency Words piggies slurp