Title - Three Little Dachshunds Author: Otto, Margaret G. Publisher: MacMillan Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Three Little Dachshunds are very active. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 228 2.0 490 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 9 Total # of Words 272 # of Different Words 71 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 105 38.6% # of Hi freq words 22 31% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 13 4.8% # of Low freq words 3 4.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Dogs Lost Friendship Pets Low Frequency Words dachshund dachshunds marvelous