Title - Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose Author: Seuss, Dr. Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The story of what happened to the big-hearted moose whose kindness would tolerate others riding on his antlers. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 669 3.1 670 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 43 Total # of Words 1361 # of Different Words 488 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 895 65.8% # of Hi freq words 208 42.6% % of Long Sentences 13 Low Freq occurs 46 3.4% # of Low freq words 34 7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Rhyming Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Attitudes Behaviors *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words aboard alas decidedly forlorn freezy friendless gulch gully harvard hearted herd host lunching mell mention munching murmured northern object pell plucked public scarce skat sluice spied strolling surely swarm therefor unawares unwelcome woodpecker yanking