Title - Pinky and Rex and The Mean Old Witch Author: Howe, James Publisher: Avon Camelot Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Pinky and Rex's neighbor Mrs. Morgan isn't really a mean old witch. But she sure acts like one, yelling and waving her broom around every time the kids step onto her lawn. Now she's taken their ball, just because it accidentally rolled into her yard. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 653 3.0 670 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 33 Total # of Words 2091 # of Different Words 575 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1490 71.3% # of Hi freq words 277 48.2% % of Long Sentences 2 Low Freq occurs 38 1.8% # of Low freq words 30 5.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Table of Contents Chapters Headings Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Tricks Kindness *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Neighbors Low Frequency Words brightening caper charged concentrated decent deserves fraidy giggling glared glee goopey gripped hurled inched ma'am moments neighbor's neighborhood nighttime property scrambling shrugged stock sunshiny swallowed uck warned whined whisper whizzed wrinkling