Title - Pig the Pug
Author: Blabey, Aaron
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Pig is a greedy and selfish Pug. He has all the bouncy balls, bones, and chew toys a dog could ever want yet he refuses to share with his poor friend, Trevor. Little does he know, however, that being greedy has its consquences. Join Pig as he learns to share - the hard way!. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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175 1.8 260 Amazon
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 21 Total # of Words 247 # of Different Words 141
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 137 55.5% # of Hi freq words 63 44.7%
% of Long Sentences 3 Low Freq occurs 5 2% # of Low freq words 5 3.5%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Character development
Rhyming
Topics
Sharing
Attitudes
Dogs
*Animals
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
proceeded satisfied swear wiener wobbling