Title - Goldilocks and the Three Bears Author: Marshall, James Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Goldilocks and Baby Bear meet and want to be friends, but Papa Bear is concerned and wonders why Goldilocks is out wandering in the woods alone. Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 395 2.4 610 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 750 # of Different Words 263 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 464 61.9% # of Hi freq words 105 39.9% % of Long Sentences 2.2 Low Freq occurs 25 3.3% # of Low freq words 20 7.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Easy Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Obedience Breaking Bears Low Frequency Words amused comfy egads excellent gobbled goldilocks's knowing meanwhile medium naughty neighbor parlor patootie satisfied scalding scarcely shortcut smithereens spat tuckered