Title - Snow Bear Author: George, Jean Craighead Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Bessie decides to explore a frozen ice ship one morning, she finds a new playmate—a baby polar bear. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 271 2.1 520 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 21 Total # of Words 444 # of Different Words 171 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 184 41.4% # of Hi freq words 58 33.9% % of Long Sentences 1.6 Low Freq occurs 12 2.7% # of Low freq words 10 5.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Integral Setting Topics Danger *Animals Arctic Areas Ice Bears Low Frequency Words aboard eskimo lemmings nivyek parka sedges somersault threaten twilight wisdom