Title - The Doorbell Rang Author: Hutchins, Pat Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Victoria and Sam are just sitting down to a plateful of Ma's cookies when the doorbell rings, and two of their friends arrive to share the feast. The doorbell rings again and again ... Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 167 1.7 210 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 16 Total # of Words 282 # of Different Words 92 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 133 47.2% # of Hi freq words 32 34.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 0.7% # of Low freq words 2 2.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Simple Plot Topics Sharing Cooking Dividing Grandparents Numbers Low Frequency Words cousins yourselves