Title - Stone Soup Author: Brown, Marcia Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Three clever soldiers devise a plan to get food and lodging from the selfish inhabitants of a French village during the time of Napoleon. Entertain Fables RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 383 2.4 600 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 24 Total # of Words 1082 # of Different Words 349 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 723 66.8% # of Hi freq words 153 43.8% % of Long Sentences 2.5 Low Freq occurs 32 3% # of Low freq words 20 5.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Integral Setting - Historical Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Sharing Cooperation Cooking Eating *Home Arts & Food *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words banquet barley cellars cider generally harvest knowing lofts lowered ourselves priest's reasons require soldier splendid stirred torches trudge truly villagers