Title - Pack 109 Author: Thaler, Mike Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Relates the adventures of the five scouts of Pack 109, a group of young animal characters, as they try to get yet another merit badge. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 242 2.1 500 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 14 Total # of Words 915 # of Different Words 270 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 538 58.8% # of Hi freq words 113 41.9% % of Long Sentences 0.6 Low Freq occurs 25 2.7% # of Low freq words 13 4.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Kites *Animals *Human Body & Health *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words dangled gauze knots merit messages nutsy rumpled sewed shoelace squiggled tying wart wrinkle