Title - Betsy -Tacy and Tib Author: Lovelace, Maud Hart Publisher: Troll Associates Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Betsy and Tacy are best friends. Then Tib moves into the neighborhood and the three of them start to play together. The grown-ups think they will quarrel, but they don't. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1323 4.1 800 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 44 Total # of Words 4179 # of Different Words 846 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 3175 76% # of Hi freq words 407 48.1% % of Long Sentences 6.7 Low Freq occurs 125 3% # of Low freq words 86 10.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Table of Contents Features Complex character relationships Simple Plot Topics *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words acquainted afire breathless carriage chambray climbers columbine dainty daisies dandelion delicious descended ekstrom ekstroms extremely factly fenced freckles graying hobbies hobble hobson hoping hungrier importantly instructions jiggling knob knowing lightly loosened maple minded mistaken mooed murmured muss mussed mussing nasturtium nasturtiums naughty neighborhood opposite ought ourselves panes pantry parted pasture permission plateful pleasant positively powdered practising prob'ly quarrel quarreled railing rambling ravine respect ridge ringlets ruffled seedling smacked smooched sociable sounding squat staggering starched streaked syrup tangled tangling terrace tibbin turner vacant voyage worth yelped yourselves