Title - The Berenstain Bears and the Homework Hassle Author: Berenstain, Stan and Jan Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Mama and Papa Bear are stunned when they receive a letter from Brother Bear's teacher. Even though Brother Bear sits down diligently every night with an open notebook, he has not been completing his homework assignments. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 522 2.8 640 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 32 Total # of Words 1061 # of Different Words 381 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 676 63.7% # of Hi freq words 165 43.3% % of Long Sentences 7 Low Freq occurs 33 3.1% # of Low freq words 28 7.3% 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 Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Unusual use of vocabulary Topics *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Responsibility Low Frequency Words according assignments basis clamping fractions further gran's handing memorizing miserable nevertheless private resist revenue sampled science service stanzas stooges straightening subtracting telltale that'll tonight's trek twerp vocabulary wrinkled