Title - Arthur's Family Vacation Author: Brown, Marc Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Arthur's family vacation is all wet - it's pouring rain! Arthur has to take charge and finds new things for his family to do - like go to Gatorville. Maybe family vacation isn't so bad after all! Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 372 2.4 590 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 18 Total # of Words 805 # of Different Words 305 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 499 62% # of Hi freq words 132 43.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 18 2.2% # of Low freq words 14 4.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Vacations *Weather Rain *Entertainment & Fun Beach *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words announced college dollhouse gatorville glorious hundredth lobster manager meadowcroak milking motel ourselves puny touring