Title - Wiggle, Wiggle Author: Charlesworth, Liza Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Advice is given when a loose tooth needs to come out. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 49 1.0 90 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 9 Total # of Words 72 # of Different Words 31 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 27 37.5% # of Hi freq words 11 35.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 1.4% # of Low freq words 1 3.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features First Person Onomatopoeia Topics Teeth *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words pretzel