Title - The Last Days of Fraggle Rock Author: Gikow, Louise Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The inhabitants of Fraggle Rock rejoice when the Gorgs leave the Garden for a vacation but soon discover that the Garden needs care in order to survive. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 847 3.4 710 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 29 Total # of Words 1250 # of Different Words 464 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 805 64.4% # of Hi freq words 194 41.8% % of Long Sentences 8.7 Low Freq occurs 87 7% # of Low freq words 56 12.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Topics *Plants Cooperation *Community Gardens/Gardening *Home Arts & Food Low Frequency Words astonishment bouncebush disappearing doozer fashioned fraggle fraggles fwaggle gardening gargonzalea gathering gobo gonna gorg gorg's gorgs grayish greaseberry headfirst inspired instant juiciest junior ledge lighting lima mentioned mokey mokey's momentous nowhere obedient occurred occurrence pleasant poems quota rebounded recuperate rigging roommate shading shower sniffle sniffled splash'em swamp tow turnip universe wadishes watercress watermelon wembley wringing