Title - The Magic Melon Author: Unknown Publisher: Dallas Morning News Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This story is about lazy Lee, a kind old man, a magic melon, and a magic melon seed. Entertain Fables RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 179 1.8 290 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 18 Total # of Words 194 # of Different Words 97 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 88 45.4% # of Hi freq words 30 30.9% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 7 3.6% # of Low freq words 3 3.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Speech Bubbles Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Clear cause/effect Topics Seeds Growth/Growing *Feelings, Behaviors Responsibility Low Frequency Words melon ohh snoozing