Title - Battle of the Class Clowns Author: Ball, Jacqueline A. Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Henry Ankylosaur (Hank the Tank) comes to school in a terrible mood. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 581 2.9 660 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 20 Total # of Words 927 # of Different Words 366 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 522 56.3% # of Hi freq words 138 37.7% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 49 5.3% # of Low freq words 36 9.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Metaphors Topics Jokes Friendship *Entertainment & Fun *Feelings, Behaviors School Low Frequency Words anatosaurus ankylosaur apatosaurus brachiosaurus comedy crunchum curls cursive deinonychus diplodocus extinct glared loopy megalosaurus mite muttered necklaces nerdosaurs nickname nudged pterodactyl revenge saur saurornithoides spike sping squashed stegosaurus triceratops tyrannosaurus tyrannosaurus's uglier understanding watermelon whisper wisecracks