Title - That's What Leprechauns Do Author: Bunting, Eve Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre What do leprechauns do? They bury a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, of course. But as Mrs. Bally Bunion’s ox, Miss Maude Murphy’s hen, and Old Jamie soon find out, they can’t resist having a little fun along the way. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 676 3.1 680 Amazon 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 33 Total # of Words 1094 # of Different Words 429 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 714 65.3% # of Hi freq words 172 40.1% % of Long Sentences 4.9 Low Freq occurs 65 5.9% # of Low freq words 46 10.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Simple Plot Difficult names Topics Rainbows Tricks Leprechans *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words arched ballybunion ballybunion’s boyos bridie's chestnut curve demonstrate fellows flickering gold's heaved hedge hooves imagination jamie’s leprechaun leprechauns liam maud mcgabe’s mischief mischief’s occasion och paddywacker's pansy pounce raindrops rosehips satisfaction scaring scarlet shortened slickers somersault soul stalk tatters tootled trial trundle waltz whipped whistled worth