Title - The Mud Pony Author: Cohen, Caron Lee Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A Native American legend, a poor boy becomes a powerful leader when Mother Earth turns his mud pony into a real one; but after the pony turns back to mud, he must find his own strength. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1036 3.7 750 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 29 Total # of Words 1051 # of Different Words 318 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 721 68.6% # of Hi freq words 134 42.1% % of Long Sentences 5.2 Low Freq occurs 35 3.3% # of Low freq words 23 7.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Integral Setting - Historical Symbolism Topics Dreams Horses Legends *Feelings, Behaviors Native Americans Low Frequency Words astonished curling dreamt guide heartsick journeyed longed marveled nawa nightfall pawed pawing pierce plains saluted shrill tattered tepee tepees tiki wandered watered weary