Title - A Friend Like Ed Author: Wagner, Karen Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Mildred accepts her best friend Ed even though he is sometimes eccentric. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 525 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 29 Total # of Words 1125 # of Different Words 438 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 715 63.6% # of Hi freq words 186 42.5% % of Long Sentences 6.7 Low Freq occurs 52 4.6% # of Low freq words 36 8.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Inferences: Some implications Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Character traits Character development Simple problem/solution Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Topics Friendship *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words aisle announced embarrassed familiar fellow frosted giggling hobbies hoping impressive interrupted invention lopsided oohed pantry pearl peered peering poem poems poetry positive recited rhyme rink romantic scarf sensed sledding snickering sparkling stammered stoop wanna wobbled yurple