Title - The Sleeping Beauty Author: Jerrard, Jane Publisher: Publications International Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre none Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 391 2.4 600 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 22 Total # of Words 621 # of Different Words 266 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 357 57.5% # of Hi freq words 100 37.6% % of Long Sentences 8.2 Low Freq occurs 38 6.1% # of Low freq words 26 9.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Simple Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Princes/Princesses Fairies Kings/Queens *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words awaken castle's curse curtains exploring fairies happier interrupted kingdom magical magically mischief muttering parted prick pricked pricks seventh sixteenth soften soundly spindle thorny thread wand wishful