Title - Story of Ferdinand Author: Leaf, Munro Publisher: Viking Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ferdinand is a little bull who would rather just sit and smell the flowers than fight. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 421 2.5 620 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 31 Total # of Words 694 # of Different Words 223 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 456 65.7% # of Hi freq words 95 42.6% % of Long Sentences 18.8 Low Freq occurs 23 3.3% # of Low freq words 14 6.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Difficult names Foreign words Topics Flowers Differences Bull Fighting *Animals Low Frequency Words banderilleros fiercely fiercest handsome ladies lonesome madrid matador pasture pawing picadores roughest sword understanding