Title - Winnie the Pooh's Thanksgiving Author: Talkington, Bruce Publisher: Troll Associates Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Pooh has invited all of his friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood over for a special celebration and reveal graciously just what they are thankful for. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 806 3.3 700 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 46 Total # of Words 1374 # of Different Words 471 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 909 66.2% # of Hi freq words 195 41.4% % of Long Sentences 20.2 Low Freq occurs 99 7.2% # of Low freq words 68 14.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Thanksgiving *Animals *Family & Friends *Holidays, Events, Cele Picnics Low Frequency Words acre announced applied assured conclusions delicious dignified dollop doubt eatin eeyore emptied excellent excitedly expressed extremely familiar frazzled frustrated gopher grateful gratitude informed inquired kanga knoll knuckles location lonesome makin mention movin murmured nervously nothin opportunity pantry particularly piglet piglets pooh's pouring precisely primarily progress properly remarked responded satisfied sirree smackeral spectacular splendiferous sprout straightened surveyed tackily tactfully terribly thoroughly thoughtful throughout toted unopened vigorously whistled worriedly wringing