| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Too-Tall Grizzly and his gang dare Brother Bear to steal a watermelon from Farmer Ben's patch, and when the gang runs away, Brother is caught. Fortunately, Farmer Ben is a good neighbor, and offers Brother advice about standing up for what is right. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 610 |
3.0 |
660 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
42 |
Total # of Words |
1382 |
# of Different Words |
466 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
888 |
64.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
186 |
39.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
7.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
52 |
3.8% |
# of Low freq words |
41 |
8.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Clear cause/effect |
| Simple Plot |
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| Topics |
| Challenges |
| Bullies |
| Honesty |
| Courage |
| Dare/Daring |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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angrier |
buncha |
doin |
goin |
gonna |
gotcha |
greenest |
grizzly |
honest |
interrupted |
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joining |
laughter |
meadow |
mocking |
nowhere |
private |
property |
prove |
quarry |
scampered |
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sheepdog |
shenanigans |
shrugged |
signaled |
sneered |
spunk |
stalked |
stealin |
strutting |
sweetie |
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tall's |
tangled |
thievin |
trespassing |
troublemakers |
varmit |
watermelon |
watermelons |
whatsa |
widder |
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yourselves |
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