Title - The Very Busy Spider Author: Carle, Eric Publisher: Philomel Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A spider is too busy spinning her web to do anything with her friends. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 205 2.0 460 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 21 Total # of Words 261 # of Different Words 104 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 114 43.7% # of Hi freq words 28 26.9% % of Long Sentences 1.6 Low Freq occurs 8 3.1% # of Low freq words 6 5.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Building/Buildings Work Spiders *Animals Habitat Low Frequency Words crowed grunted meadow neigh pesty thread