Title - The Paper Crane Author: Bang, Molly Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper crane that magically comes alive and dances. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 488 2.7 630 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 36 Total # of Words 413 # of Different Words 181 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 251 60.8% # of Hi freq words 72 39.8% % of Long Sentences 6.9 Low Freq occurs 9 2.2% # of Low freq words 5 2.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few 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 Topics Cooking Magic *Careers *Economics Stores/Shops Birds Low Frequency Words host lowered overjoyed perform restaurant