Title - The Flat Man Author: Impey, Rose Publisher: Dell Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre At bedtime as he tries to fall asleep, a young boy has fun scaring himself by imagining the noises he hears are coming from the Flat Man, who is creeping up to get into bed with him. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 396 2.4 610 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 845 # of Different Words 303 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 543 64.3% # of Hi freq words 113 37.3% % of Long Sentences 0.8 Low Freq occurs 18 2.1% # of Low freq words 13 4.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Monsters Imagination *Feelings, Behaviors Night Pretend Low Frequency Words curls curtains edges knowing riddance sake scaring shrivel sliding towards whirlwind whispers wrapping