Title - Verdi Author: Cannon, Janell Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Young Verdi doesn’t want to grow up big and green. He likes his bright yellow skin and sporty stripes. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 840 3.3 710 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 47 Total # of Words 1215 # of Different Words 532 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 770 63.4% # of Hi freq words 205 38.5% % of Long Sentences 3.5 Low Freq occurs 80 6.6% # of Low freq words 73 13.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Inferences: Some implications Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character development Simple Plot Topics Snakes Changes Growth/Growing Attitudes Babies Reptiles Age/Aging Self Esteem *Animals Low Frequency Words approached astonished astounded basked boar bottomfeeder budged burped chided chorused constantly dawdled depths digest doubt dozer eyeing fidgeted fidgeting flung frantic gabbed gloppy glory greener gripped hatchlings healed hoping interrupt interrupting itchy jagged launching lazing likely lofty looping marveled molt mouthful murky occasional patiently peered perch performed pictured plummeting properly python pythons rambled revealing rough rubbery rude seriously skidded snickered speediest splinted sprawl startled surely swallow tropical verdi verdi's whappity whined whippety zigzagged