Title - Strega Nona Author: dePaola, Tomie Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In Strega Nona's village, the holiday season is a time of celebrations - and nothing says celebration like a feast! Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 700 3.1 680 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 40 Total # of Words 1268 # of Different Words 355 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 801 63.2% # of Hi freq words 154 43.4% % of Long Sentences 19.8 Low Freq occurs 39 3.1% # of Low freq words 25 7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Witches Magic *Home Arts & Food *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Feelings, Behaviors Responsibility Low Frequency Words alas applause barricade convent cure grazie hairpin halt headache headaches helpings mattresses milking naturally overflow potions pouring priest sputter strega sup townspeople valuable warts whispers