Title - Poppleton in Winter Author: Rylant, Cynthia Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Poppleton grows an icicle garden and ends up with an icicle fence instead. He sculpts a bust of Cherry Sue without explaining his constant visits just to look at her face. And he wonders why he can't find a friend to go on a sleigh ride with. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 354 2.3 580 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 20 Total # of Words 788 # of Different Words 278 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 464 58.9% # of Hi freq words 126 45.3% % of Long Sentences 0.8 Low Freq occurs 41 5.2% # of Low freq words 16 5.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Topics *Weather Winter Birthdays Sculpture *Arts & Crafts Ice *Holidays, Events, Cele Low Frequency Words carrier disappointed fillmore finch icicle icicles molded molding pagoda picket poppleton poppleton's sleigh stirring surely tweaked