Title - Bear on the Loose Author: Lysiak, Hilde Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre There's a bear on the loose in Selinsgrove! Hilde knows a BIG story when she hears one, and she's determined to get the scoop. So she and her sister/photographer, Izzy, set out to track the bear and find out where he came from. But how will they find the bear? Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 915 3.5 720 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 31 Total # of Words 3027 # of Different Words 792 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2174 71.8% # of Hi freq words 341 43.1% % of Long Sentences 2.6 Low Freq occurs 104 3.4% # of Low freq words 68 8.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inserts/Side bars Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Table of Contents Chapters Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Difficult names Onomatopoeia Topics Writing Mystery *Animals Habitat *Careers Bears Low Frequency Words blur bulged busting chasing confirmed construction crumpling curb furry glared grocer gross grove grrrooowll gulping hauling hoping inspecting interrupt interrupted interview interviewing investigation jagged jotted knelt kristen kristen's leon's loo mangled must've neighbor's notepad palms pedaled pedaling photographer playhouse pleaded positive pricker prickers project rambling reliable rhymes riverbank rotary rowdy shortcut sirens skidded source strutted sweat tangled teenagers tornado troutman tuft uncovering vrrrrum warn warned wildlife witness witnesses