Title - Three Little Pigs: The Wolf's Story
Author: Jensen, Ned
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will enjoy this retelling of the The Three Little Pigs told from the wolf's point of view. Readers will sympathize with the homeless, freezing wolf as he suffers a cold and can't stop sneezing. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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566 2.9 650
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 743 # of Different Words 315
Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 438 59% # of Hi freq words 110 34.9%
% of Long Sentences 3.3 Low Freq occurs 40 5.4% # of Low freq words 37 11.7%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Many descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Inferences: Some implications
Concept: Fanciful
Glossary
Additional activities
Features
Parody
Topics
Wolves
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
calmed concerned constantly delirious extremely familiar forest's harsh healthy hollow
illness imagined luckiest material materials misunderstanding mortar neighbors ordeal panicked
pleaded quaint rebuild scurried sickly sniffled sniffling sturdy swine teetered
timid unconscious vegetarian villagers warned weasel whirled