Title - The Tale of Peter Rabbit Author: Potter, Beatrix Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This is the classic tale of the little rabbit that didn't listen to his mother. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 716 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 41 Total # of Words 959 # of Different Words 377 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 629 65.6% # of Hi freq words 160 42.4% % of Long Sentences 21.4 Low Freq occurs 56 5.8% # of Low freq words 39 10.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Simple Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character development Simple Plot Topics Stealing Chasing/Catching Obedience *Animals Gardens/Gardening Low Frequency Words amongst camomile cottontail currant dreadfully exert fir fortnight gooseberry hoeing implored intended kertyschoo lettuces lipped lippity loosing mcgregor mcgregor's mischief naughty overheard parsley presently sandbank scarecrow scritch scuttered sieve sparrows tablespoonful toolshed towards twitched unfortunately upsetting wander wheelbarrow wriggled