Title - There Was a Crooked Man
Author: Punter, Russell
Publisher: Usborne Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
he crooked man has a crooked house and a crooked cat. Now he wants a crooked fish for his supper. But where has it gone? Entertain Narrative
RDQ
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119 1.4 160 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 23 Total # of Words 124 # of Different Words 72
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 54 43.5% # of Hi freq words 23 31.9%
% of Long Sentences 6.3 Low Freq occurs 3 2.4% # of Low freq words 3 4.2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Rhyming
Topics
Appearances
Cats
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
sixpence snatched stile