Title - Badger's Parting Gifts Author: Varley, Susan Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Badger's friends are sad when he dies but treasure the memories he left them. The gentle message holds particular validity for children and is conveyed in a tenderhearted manner. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 792 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 37 Total # of Words 906 # of Different Words 362 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 552 60.9% # of Hi freq words 125 34.5% % of Long Sentences 19.4 Low Freq occurs 27 3% # of Low freq words 26 7.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Features Symbolism Topics Remembering Death *Human Body & Health *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words anxiously conceal concerned confidence crossover curtains dependable desperately excellent extremely fragrance hoping knotted littered mentioned necktie passageway properly recipe reliable scissors shown swiftly throughout towards velvety