Title - Playful Puppy Author: Slade, Joe Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will share the delights and troubles of a curious puppy. A young girl must redirect her puppy as it explores the world around it and finds objects that are not appropriate toys. In the end, the puppy finds something perfect for any little dog. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 24 0.4 60 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 5 Total # of Words 36 # of Different Words 13 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 11 30.6% # of Hi freq words 4 30.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Moderate support Opening or Closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Story/Poem Features Topics Low Frequency Words