Title - The Night Before St. Patrick's Day Author: Wing, Natasha Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre It's the night before St. Patrick's Day, and Tim and Maureen are wide awake setting traps to catch a leprechaun! When they wake the next morning, they're shocked to find that they've actually caught a leprechaun. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 352 2.3 580 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 23 Total # of Words 381 # of Different Words 230 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 207 54.3% # of Hi freq words 80 34.8% % of Long Sentences 10.3 Low Freq occurs 31 8.1% # of Low freq words 25 10.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Parody Rhyming Topics Chasing/Catching Gold Leprechans *Holidays, Events, Cele Low Frequency Words approached arose bagpipes cobbler decked dished galore giggling instantly irish irishman legend leprechaun leprechauns maureen nestled paddy's paddy’s saint shamrocks shovel stirring trinket twas visions