Title - The Ugly Duckling Author: Jerrard, Jane Publisher: Publications International Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre none Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 297 2.2 540 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 28 Total # of Words 637 # of Different Words 267 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 405 63.6% # of Hi freq words 117 43.8% % of Long Sentences 8 Low Freq occurs 18 2.8% # of Low freq words 17 6.4% Subjective Criteria Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Appearances Differences Birds Low Frequency Words fellow fluffier freed happier hatching loneliest longed lowered luckily reflection rude swamp swan swan's swans wandered yellower