Title - The Flying School Bus Author: Reit, Seymour Publisher: Golden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The story of an old, rickety school bus that flew. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 384 2.4 600 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 19 Total # of Words 381 # of Different Words 231 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 204 53.5% # of Hi freq words 75 32.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 21 5.5% # of Low freq words 20 8.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Rhyming Topics *Transportation Buses Flight/Flying School Low Frequency Words aboard cough elegant fenders folk gaping hubcaps ity jodie junkyard looped morn motor's pickett promptly rickety smoothly supplies tow unloaded