Title - Bonaparte Falls Apart Author: Cuyler, Margery Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Bonaparte is having a tough time. It’s hard for this young skeleton to just hang loose when he can’t keep hold of himself. When he plays catch, his throwing arm literally takes a flyer. Eating lunch can be a real jaw-dropping occasion. How can he start school when he has so many screws loose? Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 239 2.0 500 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 26 Total # of Words 407 # of Different Words 197 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 218 53.6% # of Hi freq words 77 39.1% % of Long Sentences 6.5 Low Freq occurs 30 7.4% # of Low freq words 16 8.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Simple problem/solution Difficult names Topics Challenges Problem Solving *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words blacky fetching fide glued lever mandible muffled mummicula retrieve science sensation stein stein's tangled unturned widow