Title - The Littlest Evergreen Author: Cole, Henry Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The littlest evergreen lived a quiet life on a peaceful hillside. Then one December evening, everything changed... The small evergreen's quiet life is disrupted when it is dug up to be used as a Christmas tree by a family that thoughtfully replants the tree after the holiday. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 479 2.6 630 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 30 Total # of Words 629 # of Different Words 294 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 378 60.1% # of Hi freq words 99 33.7% % of Long Sentences 9.1 Low Freq occurs 19 3% # of Low freq words 18 6.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Features Personification First Person Topics Trees *Plants Growth/Growing *Holidays, Events, Cele Christmas Low Frequency Words bindings chickadees delicious fragrance gloved heavier hovering inspecting lengthening lowered scent seasons sparrows swallow swirled threatens titmice whine