Title - The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat Author: Karlin, Nurit Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The fat cat sat on the mat. "Get off!" said the rat, who tries to get the fat cat off the mat and back to his usual resting place in the vat. But the fat cat just sat. Will the rat get the fat cat off the mat? Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 143 1.6 180 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 29 Total # of Words 557 # of Different Words 133 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 341 61.2% # of Hi freq words 61 45.9% % of Long Sentences 2.4 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics Cats Mice Fighting *Animals Low Frequency Words