Title - The Little Red Hen Author: Parkes, Brenda - Judith Smith Publisher: Rigby Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The traditional story of a little red hen who tried in vain to get help to plant her garden from the other farm animals, and what happened when her crops were finally ready to eat. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 177 1.8 270 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 17 Total # of Words 416 # of Different Words 74 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 233 56% # of Hi freq words 26 35.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 11 2.6% # of Low freq words 3 4.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Sharing *Plants Cooking Helping *Home Arts & Food *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words grunted miaowed ripened