Title - The Funny Little Woman Author: Mosel, Arlene Publisher: E P Dutton Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Delightful retelling of Japanese tale in which a woman goes underground, finds a magic rice-paddle, and grows exceedingly rich. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 362 2.4 580 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 37 Total # of Words 882 # of Different Words 273 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 546 61.9% # of Hi freq words 122 44.7% % of Long Sentences 11.4 Low Freq occurs 30 3.4% # of Low freq words 14 5.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Foreign words Topics Monsters Cooking Magic *Home Arts & Food Low Frequency Words dumpling dumplings earthen humankind jizo knelt oni potful shaping statues stern stirred surely ungrateful