Title - Birthday Bear Author: Charlesworth, Liza Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ben gets gifts of fruit on his birthday and knows just what do to with them. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 42 0.8 80 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 7 Total # of Words 60 # of Different Words 33 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 22 36.7% # of Hi freq words 11 33.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: High support Opening and closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 2-3 Word changes in a pattern Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics Birthdays Gifts Food *Holidays, Events, Cele Low Frequency Words