Title - Smelly Clyde Author: Jensen, Ned Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about a dog named Clyde who loves the smell of manure. One day he runs to Farmer Brown's farm and rolls and rolls in the manure of different animals. When Clyde goes home at the end of the day, he sniffs another odor, one he doesn't like. It's soap! Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 272 2.1 520 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 15 Total # of Words 430 # of Different Words 168 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 233 54.2% # of Hi freq words 56 33.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 23 5.3% # of Low freq words 15 8.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Additional activities Features Topics Dogs Smells *Animals Animals: Farm Low Frequency Words absolute absolutely content dreaded loyal manure mora mora's pigpens refreshed stable terribly wander whiff wormed