Title - Bear Party Author: DuBois, William Pene Publisher: Troll Associates Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre All of the bears at Koala Park are not speaking to each other. Wise old Bear finds a way to stop the quarreling among the koalas by having a masquerade party where they were nice to each other - not knowing who they were talking to for the costumes! Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 402 2.5 610 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 32 Total # of Words 655 # of Different Words 231 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 389 59.4% # of Hi freq words 95 41.1% % of Long Sentences 22.2 Low Freq occurs 25 3.8% # of Low freq words 17 7.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Differences *Animals Costumes *Entertainment & Fun *Feelings, Behaviors Bears Low Frequency Words accordian angrier bullfighter eucalyptus guitar knight koala napoleon plink plunk rhumbas sambas souvenir souvenirs triangle turkish unfriendly