Title - Amelia Bedelia Goes Wild Author: Parish, Herman Publisher: Greenwillow Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The bestselling and beloved housekeeper has been making readers laugh for more than fifty years. Amelia Bedelia has a warm and positive attitude, and she has fun with language, vocabulary, and idioms. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 813 3.3 700 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 36 Total # of Words 2864 # of Different Words 789 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1982 69.2% # of Hi freq words 341 43.2% % of Long Sentences 4.8 Low Freq occurs 100 3.5% # of Low freq words 74 9.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Chapters Headings Features Simple Plot Topics *Animals Animals: Zoo School Low Frequency Words absolutely announced assigned azaleas bedelia's burrowed cheddar chinchillas coaxed coughing cubby curled embarrassed emergency escaped flamingoes gazing gerbils gross heartsick hibernating instinct introduced investigating koala labeled miserable mistaken morsel mounted nature nickname nocturnal nub oswald otter patient penguin perched permission plaque plush polishing possibilities possum presented presenting prized project prove purpose python refrigerator research shauk slithered slithering snoozing souvenir sparkly stalk straighter suggestions suzanne swallowing sweetie tissue trophy uncoiled wacky waddled weird whipped whistled