Title - The Berenstain Bears and the Red-Handed Thief Author: Berenstain, Stan and Jan Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Brother and Sister are sure they know who is breaking into lockers at Bear Country School. But when it comes to finding real proof, they're in for a big surprise. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 486 2.7 630 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 27 Total # of Words 779 # of Different Words 293 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 407 52.2% # of Hi freq words 106 36.2% % of Long Sentences 0.7 Low Freq occurs 58 7.4% # of Low freq words 28 9.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Simple Plot Topics Teacher/Teaching Stealing Bullies Crime Detectives *Citizenship & Laws *Schools & Education School Low Frequency Words buzzers catcher's congratulations constellations crouched curveball democracy diamond dweebish formations gimme hand's honors info mound pitcher's rumor rumors shrugged signaled slider social stalactites stalagmites studies suspended vibrations younger