Title - Five Goofy Ghosts Author: Stamper, Judith Bauer Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Five ghost stories blend spookiness and humor by taking young readers into the world of quirky ghosts and complementing each tale with funny twists. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 480 2.6 630 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 66 Total # of Words 1127 # of Different Words 326 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 731 64.9% # of Hi freq words 140 42.9% % of Long Sentences 7 Low Freq occurs 18 1.6% # of Low freq words 15 4.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Chapters Features Topics Witches Monsters Bats Ghosts Houses *Fictional Ideas/Charac Halloween Low Frequency Words clumpety curious echoed fraidy furry groaning halloween moonlight prove ragged retire swept tomb whimper zombie