Title - The Deep Dark Woods
Author: Mason, Conrad
Publisher: Usborne Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
'Beware, beware the deep dark woods.' But Jack doesn't listen...how will he ever get home? Designed for a child to read together with an adult, allowing the child to gradually take a greater share of the story. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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149 1.6 190 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 11 Total # of Words 175 # of Different Words 100
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 100 57.1% # of Hi freq words 41 41%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 1.1% # of Low freq words 2 2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Speech Bubbles
Dialog: Two speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Present Tense
Topics
Fears
Obedience
Helping
Low Frequency Words
brute wail