Title - The Magic Fish Author: Littledale, Freya Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre An old fisherman lives in a hut by the sea with his wife and his dog. One day he reels in an enormous, golden fish that talks and claims to be magic. His greedy wife is granted every wish but can't find happiness. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 195 1.9 410 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 19 Total # of Words 867 # of Different Words 146 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 562 64.8% # of Hi freq words 72 49.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Some phrases/refrains repeated Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Wishes Magic Fish Castles Kings/Queens *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words