Title - The Ghost's Dinner Author: Duquennoy, Jacques Publisher: Golden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Henry the Ghost hosts a dinner party at which the ghost guests turn the colors of the foods they eat. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 228 2.0 490 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 14 Total # of Words 269 # of Different Words 143 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 132 49.1% # of Hi freq words 53 37.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 8 3% # of Low freq words 6 4.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Changes Colors Ghosts Food Friendship *Home Arts & Food *Holidays, Events, Cele Low Frequency Words delicious lemonade passion recipe salmon spinach