Title - Scaredy Crow Author: Banks, Heather Lynne Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about two crows who decide to rest for the night in the cornfield. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 108 1.3 150 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 11 Total # of Words 152 # of Different Words 67 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 71 46.7% # of Hi freq words 28 41.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 10 6.6% # of Low freq words 2 3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Unconventional punctuation Topics Fears *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words scarecrow spike