Title - Jamberry Author: Degen, Bruce Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre They're off... a boy and an endearing, rhyme-spouting bear, who squires him through a fatastic world of berries. And their adventure comes to a razzamatazz finale under a starberry sky. Entertain Poetry RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 249 2.1 510 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 82 Total # of Words 111 # of Different Words 75 Ave Word/.Sent 27 Hi Freq occurs 32 28.8% # of Hi freq words 15 20% % of Long Sentences 50 Low Freq occurs 9 8.1% # of Low freq words 7 9.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Unconventional format Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Rhyming Unconventional punctuation Words presented in isolation Topics *Plants Searching/Hunting Rhyme Words Food Rhythm Low Frequency Words canoeberry jamble jamboree meadows ramble raspberry razzamatazzberry