Title - Rumpelstiltskin Author: Jerrard, Jane Publisher: Dallas Morning News Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre none Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 220 2.0 480 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 37 Total # of Words 628 # of Different Words 218 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 402 64% # of Hi freq words 92 42.2% % of Long Sentences 18.2 Low Freq occurs 10 1.6% # of Low freq words 6 2.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Simple problem/solution Retelling of story/fable/legend Difficult names Topics Challenges Promises Kings/Queens *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words gleefully kingdom necklace rumpelstiltskin servant unguessed