Title - Pig Picnic
Author: Hubbell, Patricia
Publisher: Golden Books

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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
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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