Title - The Greedy Triangle Author: Burns, Marilyn Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A bored triangle transforms himself into different shapes until an accident teaches him a lesson. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 901 3.5 720 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 33 Total # of Words 954 # of Different Words 286 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 603 63.2% # of Hi freq words 109 38.1% % of Long Sentences 6.8 Low Freq occurs 64 6.7% # of Low freq words 32 11.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding. Features Difficult names Topics Shapes Feelings/Emotions Appearances Friendship *Math Numbers Low Frequency Words angle angles chessboard colliding decagon diamond dissatisfied halves headquarters heptagon hexagon hexagon's ignored military nonagon octagon orchestra patios pentagon pentagon's prongs quadrilateral quadrilateral's restless section shapeshifter socket symphony terrifying triangle triangles wrenches