Title - Beezus and Ramona Author: Cleary, Beverly Publisher: Harper Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Having a little sister like four-year-old Ramona isn’t always easy for Beezus Quimby. With a wild imagination, disregard for order, and an appetite for chaos, Ramona makes it hard for Beezus to be the responsible older sister she knows she ought to be…especially when Ramona threatens to ruin Beezus’s birthday party. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1023 3.7 740 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 49 Total # of Words 3002 # of Different Words 753 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2053 68.4% # of Hi freq words 323 42.9% % of Long Sentences 12.9 Low Freq occurs 168 5.6% # of Low freq words 104 13.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Headings Features Character traits Character development Clear cause/effect Topics Attitudes Challenges Patience Tolerance Sisters Imagination *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words announced appealing audience bendix binding conceal contentedly convertible critically daunted disapproving disapprovingly dislike dismay distaste divert doubtfully eared easter effects elevator embarrassment embroider embroidering embroidery enthusiastically exasperating exhaled expectantly flatly foe frustrated furiously furthermore generously gingerly glance glenwood grasped greever greever's groaning harmonica hooey hoping horrified hundredth inhaled interrupted lemonade librarian lingered machinery manage material mows nature neighbors nickname nursery object obligingly organ outlined overalls pacific pedaled plainly pleasure promptly quimby's ramona ramona's reflecting scarcely scoopy scoopy's section seizing select selected shared shoved shovel shovels spout stout studied supermarket sweater sweetheart tagging teakettle teakettle's thread tooted trolley undecided understanding unfortunately whisper wisser wisser's younger