Title - Waiting for a Frog Author: Coats, Glenn Publisher: Kaeden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Many creatures are seen while waiting for a frog. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 92 1.2 130 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 8 Total # of Words 123 # of Different Words 43 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 48 39% # of Hi freq words 11 25.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 6 4.9% # of Low freq words 2 4.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Present Tense Topics Frogs *Animals Waiting Low Frequency Words crawling hollow