Title - Pony Crazy Author: Perritano, John Publisher: Harper Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre none Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 294 2.2 540 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 15 Total # of Words 578 # of Different Words 233 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 320 55.4% # of Hi freq words 90 38.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 13 2.2% # of Low freq words 6 2.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics *Animals Horses *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words chestnut moonbeam pinto pointers smoky stall