Title - Pout Pout Fish Lucky Leprechaun Author: Diesen, Deborah Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Pout-Pout Fish in The Pout-Pout Fish: Lucky Leprechaun! Will Mr. Fish and his friends find their pot of gold? At an affordable price point, this new format is fun and accessible for Mr. Fish's fans and newcomers alike. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 396 2.4 610 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 23 Total # of Words 428 # of Different Words 210 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 193 45.1% # of Hi freq words 68 32.4% % of Long Sentences 2.8 Low Freq occurs 33 7.7% # of Low freq words 29 13.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics Holidays Fish Gold *Holidays, Events, Cele Low Frequency Words aisle array carries cousins declares depths disappointed echoes emerald further hollow lantern leprechaun leprechauns lounging mischievous oysters pearls reef reunited searcher shamrock shimmer shimmering shipwreck sunken swirl whiskers wonders