Title - Zack's Alligator Author: Mozelle, Shirley Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A big box comes in the mail for Zack from his Uncle in Florida with a special surprise. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 465 2.6 630 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 19 Total # of Words 1229 # of Different Words 387 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 763 62.1% # of Hi freq words 164 42.4% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 39 3.2% # of Low freq words 25 6.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Simple Plot Topics Size Changes Growth/Growing Reptiles Gifts *Feelings, Behaviors Pets Low Frequency Words cartwheel curled delicious everglades faucet gator glades gulps hollered klump mustard pardon refrigerator rude seesaw shower shrink shrinking slurped turk whipped wobbled wrestling wuzzy yawned