Title - The Hungry Thing Author: Slepian, Jan - Ann Seidler Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre What will the people do when a Hungry Thing comes to town? This hilarious book will get kids excited about reading and words as they fall in love with the Hungry Thing's crazy antics! Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 496 2.7 630 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 22 Total # of Words 882 # of Different Words 254 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 549 62.2% # of Hi freq words 90 35.4% % of Long Sentences 2.3 Low Freq occurs 44 5% # of Low freq words 22 8.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Monsters Trying to please Rhyme Words Food *Home Arts & Food *Language Arts Low Frequency Words beetloaf cousins dollipops fanana fancakes feetloaf fellow foodles hookies laundry lollipops lookies meatloaf ought shmancakes sickels smacker smello thread townspeople underfed wiseman