Title - The Night Before Halloween Author: Wing, Natasha Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In the tradition of "The Night Before Christmas," these rhymes describe the celebration of Halloween with family and friends. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 687 3.1 680 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 23 Total # of Words 423 # of Different Words 243 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 227 53.7% # of Hi freq words 70 28.8% % of Long Sentences 13.2 Low Freq occurs 31 7.3% # of Low freq words 29 11.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Simple Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Features Integral Setting Parody Rhyming Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Witches Fears Costumes Parties *Entertainment & Fun *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Holidays, Events, Cele Halloween Low Frequency Words brewed curious disguise dracula fairies frankenstein's ghoul goblin gypsies halloween kins lanterns loom magical meanwhile morn motion porches potion shimmered slicked spine stirring straightened twas unraveled visions yawn zombies