Title - Ralph S. Mouse Author: Cleary, Beverly Publisher: HarperTrophy Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, is off on another adventure and acquires a new sports car to replace his broken motorcycle, and hopes to attend school with his friend Ryan when it gets too crowded at The Mountain View Inn. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1422 4.2 810 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 57 Total # of Words 2597 # of Different Words 848 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1728 66.5% # of Hi freq words 339 40% % of Long Sentences 17 Low Freq occurs 167 6.4% # of Low freq words 123 14.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Topics Mice Homes *Animals Motorcycles *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words absorber adjusted affection awakened bloodthirsty cheapskates cheeky chrome civilized commercial conversation cousins crouched curtains decision defiant disgrace disgraceful displeasure dreaded electronic elevator employees entangled exhaust fault fending gimme glimpse gradually grasped halt handyman headlines hoping hotel's ignored incident innocent intelligent jiggered keen kernel kirby kleenex knowing language liar linen linoleum lobby loner loosened lounge lovingly loyal luggage manager manager's minch motocross motorcycles mouseholes mouser mousey murmured muttered napped nipped numb overheard overturning pleaded pleasant pong possessions precious ralph's realize rebuilding relatives remarked reproach responsibility retired rough rougher roused rowdy ryan ryan's satisfied scrabbling scurried shared shoving siren skier soundly sprang squealing stalking stern strenuous strolled summon swerved swirling tangled terrified terrify thistledown threadbare tow treads unaware unfortunately volunteered wearily whistling whiz winced woodpile yawned