Title - Best Friends Wear Pink Tutus Author: Brownrigg, Sheri Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Two best friends vie for the same role in a ballet recital in the humorous sequel to the popular All Tutus Should Be Pink, designed for oral reading by children verging on independent reading. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 220 2.0 480 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 19 Total # of Words 350 # of Different Words 149 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 175 50% # of Hi freq words 61 40.9% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 11 3.1% # of Low freq words 7 4.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot First Person Topics Sharing Clothes Friendship Performing Relationships Low Frequency Words ballet nutcracker opposites purpose tryouts waltz wobbles