Title - Tikki Tikki Tembo Author: Mosel, Arlene Publisher: Henry Holt Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book is the re-creation of an ancient Chinese folktale about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 673 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 983 # of Different Words 262 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 602 61.2% # of Hi freq words 113 43.1% % of Long Sentences 28.8 Low Freq occurs 29 3% # of Low freq words 18 6.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Concept: Fanciful Features Simple problem/solution Clear cause/effect Difficult names Topics Time Water Customs Danger Foreign Country Helping *Feelings, Behaviors Names Low Frequency Words disturbed gateways heir honorable honored jeweled miserable pearl possess precious reverence ruchi surely tiresome troublesome unfortunate warned youth