Title - There Is a Carrot in My Ear Author: Schwartz, Alvin Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Six funny stories, adapted from folktales, about a family of very silly people. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 358 2.3 580 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 1049 # of Different Words 339 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 702 66.9% # of Hi freq words 153 45.1% % of Long Sentences 1.2 Low Freq occurs 18 1.7% # of Low freq words 9 2.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Water Camp/Camping Dreams Clothes Swimming Secrets Jokes Family Grandparents Insects *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Night Low Frequency Words chasing grocer grocery hatched lemonade mosquitoes rude squashed underwear