Title - Stuck in the Muck Author: Spinelle, Nancy Louise Publisher: Kaeden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Who will help Squirrel get his car out of the muck? Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 86 1.2 120 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 140 # of Different Words 40 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 58 41.4% # of Hi freq words 9 22.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 3 2.1% # of Low freq words 2 5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics Challenges Helping *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words tow waddled