Title - The Greedy Dog
Author: Frith, Alex
Publisher: Usborne Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A lively retelling of the classic Aesop fable, where greedy Dog is fooled by his own reflection. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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105 1.3 140 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 8 Total # of Words 133 # of Different Words 64
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 60 45.1% # of Hi freq words 21 32.8%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.8% # of Low freq words 1 1.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Speech Bubbles
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Dogs
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
reflection