Title - Arthur, For The Very First Time Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Arthur Rasby is ten years old and having the worst summer of his life. His parents don't listen to him, so he writes everything down - everything that's real - in his journal. But when he goes to stay with his Great-Aunt Elda and Great-Uncle Wrisby on their farm, his world is turned upside down. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1628 4.5 840 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 35 Total # of Words 2622 # of Different Words 792 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1886 71.9% # of Hi freq words 335 42.3% % of Long Sentences 5.1 Low Freq occurs 134 5.1% # of Low freq words 116 14.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Foreign words Topics Feelings/Emotions *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words abruptly alcoves alphabetical alternate andirons angrier angrily arrotes asparagus babble babbling banas billow binoculars bonjour bordered burrowing casserole cocking cocoons delicate diary embarrassing factly fascinated feathered flushing frustrated geraniums grasped gravel graying grumpily herbs honeysuckle hoping humped idly immediately immense inielligente journal ketches knapsack lavender lawns loped loyal manshun masted meadows movements mysterious noted observations ogle ourselves overalls peer perched plumber poised pondered precariously qualify railbaugh's rasby rathbone's recorded research reverend revisited revoir rimmed satisfaction satisfied scatty scenes schooners scrambling secretive settling shelves shoelaces shovel sleepily sloops sloped smoothed specimens spinach spindrift spires squirm staccato staircases stairways studied suspiciously thoughtfully tilted tilting tuft tuna uncertain uncommonly unseen vanilla vas viens warmth wavery windowpane windowsill workings zucchini