Title - The Giant's Tooth Author: Rubinstein, Gillian Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Tania makes a giant's bed on the beach. That night a giant family visit the beach and Magnus leaves his giant's tooth by the pillow, hoping it will become fairy gold. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 899 3.4 720 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 31 Total # of Words 2145 # of Different Words 571 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1470 68.5% # of Hi freq words 261 45.7% % of Long Sentences 5.4 Low Freq occurs 79 3.7% # of Low freq words 53 9.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Speech Bubbles Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Chapters Features Topics *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words absolutely bawled becoz beleev disappointed fairies ferry geez generously gulls humungous kelp looser luv magnus muttered nervously norty obstan patient pearly peered ploughed pyjamas racket's reckon rumpled sandpipers scrambled scrawly serge shower silvery smoothed squabble squiggles strut stubbornly stung tama tania tania's thongs tidied tinsel toof torch towards verandah wailing wobbly wriggled yuo