Title - Paul Bunyan Author: Kellogg, Steven Publisher: Mulberry Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Who was the largest baby ever born in the state of Maine? Who dug the Great Lakes? Who gouged out the Grand Canyon? Why, Paul Bunyan, of course, America's finest, fastest, funniest lumberman and favorite tall-tale hero. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1271 4.0 790 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 29 Total # of Words 1008 # of Different Words 501 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 566 56.2% # of Hi freq words 153 30.5% % of Long Sentences 20 Low Freq occurs 105 10.4% # of Low freq words 92 18.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Size Trees Work Giants Babies *Fictional Ideas/Charac Pets Low Frequency Words ambushed anchored appalachian astonishing available bunkhouses burrowed bursts colossal combed complaints curled delicious depressed deprived depths determined discouraged dismay dissolving evaporated extraordinary extremely flaming forested frequently fueled gouging greased griddle grizzlies gumberoo gumberoos hackett harbor hardjaw heavily hibernated historic jagged laced laughter lawrence legendary logging longevity longingly lumber lumbering lumbermen maple meanness midwest muddle neighborhood newcomers newly ogres ole pacific parachuted peaceful pent pioneers plains posses proved raging rambled rescued responded rough rumpus sawed snatching snuffing sourdough southwest springtimes stirring sturdy swirling syrup thunderous unfortunately urge varmints vermont wandered westerly woodsmen wrestled