Title - Why Benny Barks Author: Milgrim, David Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Benny is the best dog ever--but why does he bark so much? Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 120 1.4 160 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 17 Total # of Words 130 # of Different Words 83 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 64 49.2% # of Hi freq words 31 37.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.8% # of Low freq words 1 1.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Some phrases/refrains repeated Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Dogs Questions *Animals Low Frequency Words language