Title - How the Mice Beat the Men
Author: Bush, Bertha E.
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will read this delightful retelling of a Native American folktale. Students will enjoy reading about how the mice won the war against the men. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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171 1.8 230 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 11 Total # of Words 229 # of Different Words 103
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 121 52.8% # of Hi freq words 38 36.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 6 2.6% # of Low freq words 2 1.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Topics
Size
Preparation
Mice
Tricking
War
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
gnawed slings