Title - Zomo the Rabbit Author: McDermott, Gerald Publisher: Harcourt Brace Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Zomo the rabbit, a trickster from West Africa, wants wisdom. But he must accomplish three apparently impossible tasks before Sky God will give him what he wants. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 302 2.2 540 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 20 Total # of Words 511 # of Different Words 182 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 270 52.8% # of Hi freq words 70 38.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 16 3.1% # of Low freq words 8 4.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Topics Size Teacher/Teaching Wishes Challenges Innovation Values Cats Dance/Dancing Legends *Music Low Frequency Words caution cleverness courage leopard naked unstuck wisdom worth