Title - The Little Red Hen (makes a pizza)
Author: Sturges, Philemon
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
The story of the industrious Little Red Hen is not a new one, but when this particular hen spies a can of tomato sauce in her cupboard and decides to make a pizza, the familiar tale takes on a fresh new twist. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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321 2.2 560 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 34 Total # of Words 793 # of Different Words 223
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 519 65.4% # of Hi freq words 90 40.4%
% of Long Sentences 11.2 Low Freq occurs 37 4.7% # of Low freq words 21 9.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Simple Plot
Parody
Topics
Sharing
Cooking
Helping
*Home Arts & Food
Low Frequency Words
anchovies chickweed delicatessen delicious drawer garlic grated hardware kneaded mozzarella
mushrooms olives pepperoni pickled rummaged sauce slicer spice spied stirred
supermarket