Title - The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig Author: Trivizas, Eugene Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When it comes time for the three little wolves to go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the big bad pig. Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 662 3.1 670 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 27 Total # of Words 1268 # of Different Words 325 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 835 65.9% # of Hi freq words 118 36.3% % of Long Sentences 18.8 Low Freq occurs 61 4.8% # of Low freq words 41 12.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Features Simple Plot Parody Storybook Language Topics Changes Bullies Wolves *Animals Behaviors Low Frequency Words absolutely accepted battledore chinny concrete croquet daffodils daisies determined dialed extremely fetched flamingo fragile fragrant fuse generous grey grunted hopscotch kindhearted lilies marigolds materials padlocks pleasure pneumatic prowling refrigerator scent scorched securest shuttlecock sledgehammer slurry sunflowers tarantella truly wheelbarrow wolfberries yourselves