Title - The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever Author: Kroll, Steven Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Once there were two mice who fell in love with the same Christmas tree, but you had to see it to believe it! Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 406 2.5 610 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 28 Total # of Words 801 # of Different Words 296 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 498 62.2% # of Hi freq words 121 40.9% % of Long Sentences 9.6 Low Freq occurs 24 3% # of Low freq words 19 6.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Simple problem/solution Topics Size Competition *Holidays, Events, Cele Christmas Low Frequency Words average casserole cousins grumbling height moments morn mouseville ornaments peered relations scrawny shared squat trudy vernon vernon's wobbled wondrous