Title - Halloween Parade Author: Klein, Abby Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Freddy and his friends learn what it means to be a good friend as they get ready for the school Halloween parade, including making a jack-o'-lantern, filling trick-or-treat bags, and finding a costume for the school parade. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 425 2.5 620 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 23 Total # of Words 820 # of Different Words 312 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 467 57% # of Hi freq words 122 39.1% % of Long Sentences 0.7 Low Freq occurs 48 5.9% # of Low freq words 25 8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Topics Parade *Animals Costumes *Holidays, Events, Cele Halloween Low Frequency Words announce announced cafeteria coatroom congratulations crepe drawer frankensteins franks halloween judges loudspeaker muriel neighbor science scientist shrugged smell's spinach stapled stumpy stumpy's swirled tarantula whined