Title - Goldilocks and The Three Bears Author: Jerrard, Jane Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The classic tale of a family of three porridge-eating bears who, following an outing, return home to discover a little girl has arrived in their home. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 272 2.1 520 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 25 Total # of Words 689 # of Different Words 200 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 408 59.2% # of Hi freq words 79 39.5% % of Long Sentences 11.8 Low Freq occurs 2 0.3% # of Low freq words 2 1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Storybook Language Topics Size Danger Animals: Forest Bears Low Frequency Words gobbled spooned