Title - The Frog Prince Continued Author: Scieszka, Jon Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre After the Princess kissed the frog, he turned into a handsome prince and they lived happily ever after... or did they? The Princess can't stand the Prince's froggy habits -- the way he hops around on the furniture, or sneaks off to the lily pond. Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 718 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 30 Total # of Words 1091 # of Different Words 370 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 736 67.5% # of Hi freq words 167 45.1% % of Long Sentences 8.1 Low Freq occurs 27 2.5% # of Low freq words 24 6.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Simple Plot Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Witches Frogs Magic Princes/Princesses *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words annoyed carriage dearie eyed familiar former frightening hoping idiot instantly madam miserable picket poisoned profession reread rescuing slaying spookier unhappily waking wand whined windowsill