Title - The Three Little Pigs Author: Sweeney,Alyse Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read this classic folktale 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. Memorable lines such as “Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!” add to the fun, and the story ends with a breathless wolf toppling over in defeat. As expected, the three little pigs live happily ever after in the brick house. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 303 2.2 540 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 19 Total # of Words 510 # of Different Words 183 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 276 54.1% # of Hi freq words 64 35% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 20 3.9% # of Low freq words 13 7.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Table of Contents Glossary Bold/Italicized Words Headings Additional activities Features Simple Plot Retelling of story/fable/legend Similes Topics *Animals Low Frequency Words ambulance breathless chinny conversation exhaled inhaled lungs peppermint ravenous slurped toppled whoooosh younger