Title - The Selfish Crocodile Author: Charles, Faustin Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Every morning, a very large and very snappy crocodile shouts this selfish message: 'Stay away from my river! It's MY river! If you come in my river, I'll eat you all!' Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 307 2.2 550 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 27 Total # of Words 631 # of Different Words 263 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 388 61.5% # of Hi freq words 101 38.4% % of Long Sentences 9.4 Low Freq occurs 14 2.2% # of Low freq words 11 4.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Character development Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Teeth Reptiles *Animals Friendship Health Helping Low Frequency Words astonished awakened crayfish cure grateful groaning grunted iguana invitation swollen toothache