Title - A Bad Case of Stripes Author: Shannon, David Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Camilla Cream worries so much about what other people think of her that she's about to break out in a bad case of stripes. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 798 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 50 Total # of Words 1445 # of Different Words 551 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 968 67% # of Hi freq words 240 43.6% % of Long Sentences 9.7 Low Freq occurs 88 6.1% # of Low freq words 65 11.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Inferences: Some implications Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Appearances Self Esteem Food *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words aches allegiance allergists announced authority bacteria blotches concluded contagious coughing cure cured distraction dizziness drowsiness embarrassed environmental extraordinary fretting fungus furry gourd grop guru harms herbalists impress incredible instant instantly introduced lima measles medicine mellon multi mumps nutritionists ointment plateful pledge polka prodded psychics psychologists recognize relieved remedies scientific shortness specialists sponge sprouted squiggly sunburn swamped sweetheart swirled therapist twitching uncomfortable uncontrollable veterinarian virus weird