Title - The Three Little Pigs
Author: Sweeney,Alyse
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will read the classic folktale The Three Little Pigs retold with rich description - featuring the big, bad wolf huffing and puffing to blow down the straw house, the stick house, and the brick house. As expected, the three little pigs live happily ever after in the brick house. Entertain Folk Tales
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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149 1.6 190 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 10 Total # of Words 154 # of Different Words 61
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 59 38.3% # of Hi freq words 18 29.5%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.6% # of Low freq words 1 1.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Some phrases/refrains repeated
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Inferences: Some implications
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
Sequence of Events: Chronological
Additional activities
Features
Integral Setting
Simple problem/solution
Ambiguous ending
Retelling of story/fable/legend
Topics
*Science
Cause/Effect
Physics
Comparisons
*Fictional Ideas/Charac
Low Frequency Words
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