Title - The Berenstain Bears and the Big Spelling Bee Author: Unknown Publisher: Unknown Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Sister Bear has made it to the school spelling bee! Papa Bear is very proud and excited to help her practice... and practice... and practice...! But will all of this p-r-a-c-t-i-c-e take all of the f-u-n out of spelling for Sister? Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 643 3.0 670 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 36 Total # of Words 1308 # of Different Words 404 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 783 59.9% # of Hi freq words 167 41.3% % of Long Sentences 4 Low Freq occurs 71 5.4% # of Low freq words 39 9.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Words presented in isolation Topics Competition Winning/Losing Spelling *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words achievements annual audience auditorium betrayal congratulated congratulations courage destitute gonna grief honeycomb incorrect junior language meanwhile mustn't ovation paramount pleasure practices prehistoric pressure property realize recorded represent ridiculous science sidled strengths tenpins treachery undue uppermost varsity vicarious vocabulary weaknesses