Title - Rumpelstiltskin Author: Zelinsky, Paul O. - Brothers Grimm Publisher: E P Dutton Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Classic story retold and highlighted with outstanding illustrations, as richly hued oil paintings complement a story simply and gracefully told. A poor miller's daughter is forced into a pact with Rumpelstiltskin and can only redeem herself by guessing his name. Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 915 3.5 720 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 32 Total # of Words 1038 # of Different Words 328 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 698 67.2% # of Hi freq words 132 40.2% % of Long Sentences 11 Low Freq occurs 52 5% # of Low freq words 42 12.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Features Integral Setting Retelling of story/fable/legend Difficult names Topics Magic Babies Promises Gold Kings/Queens *Fictional Ideas/Charac Names Low Frequency Words brew clearings encountered fitted fury greedier handsome impress inquiries intrigued loaves manage melchior mistress necklace o'ram passion piteously pleaded pleading posed recited rejoiced royal rumpelstiltskin satisfied scarcely servant shortly spied spool sprang straightaway stringbones thickets thread throughout truly vain valued whir whirring