Title - The African Safari Discovery Author: Greenhut, Josh Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When a flat skull is discovered in Africa, Stanley Lambchop decides to travel there with his brother, Arthur, and their father, George. Maybe studying the skull will give them clues to Stanley's flatness. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1244 4.0 790 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 43 Total # of Words 3153 # of Different Words 986 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2131 67.6% # of Hi freq words 408 41.4% % of Long Sentences 5.8 Low Freq occurs 197 6.2% # of Low freq words 161 16.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Integral Setting Difficult names Topics Travel/Traveling Africa/ns Animals: Jungle *Geography Discovery Low Frequency Words absolutely accented adventurous alongside amisi announced anxiously approached archaeological archaeologist's article associated attendant attorney baggage bloomlike blurted boardbrains brushfire calamity cargo carousel column compartment constantly conveyor courtesy craned curb dart's delicious descending despite distances eavesdrop elbowing emerged emergency emotion enthusiastic esteemed excitedly factly figures flatness flexed foil frantically frisbee gestured graceful grammar grammatically grimaced gulped heavily heeled height hereby highly horizon hosting humiliating hurled i's idol imagined impolite ingredient investigating junco justify lambchops laughter majestic major markets martial matador minibus minivan misunderstand mount nairobi national needless neighbor nobu oda odinga odinga's official origami outward overcome panicked parachute parachutes paraded parallel particularly passenger passengers peered periscope pleaded plunging ponder predators prodded professional propellers protests puck pursed qualify raiser recently regions relieved result retrieved rustled safari shepherdess shoveling shrug sideways similar skydiver's skyscrapers society spirals starfish startling stunned suitcases suited surrounded surroundings swahili swallowed t's tanzania teeming territories thieves thrust tokyo towered towering trudged tuft unearthed unfolded upward vacuum via wander widened wriggled younger