Title - Big Test Jitters Author: Danneberg, Julie Publisher: Charlesbridge Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Knowing they have studied and are well-prepared, she helps the students practice how to sit quietly, fill in the bubbles, and follow the directions. As her students grow increasingly anxious about the Big Test, Mrs. Hartwell realizes she has to teach the most valuable test-taking skill of all: learning to relax. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 306 2.2 550 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 23 Total # of Words 724 # of Different Words 257 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 392 54.1% # of Hi freq words 89 34.6% % of Long Sentences 2.9 Low Freq occurs 17 2.3% # of Low freq words 13 5.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Teacher/Teaching Challenges Tests/Testing *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words addition concerned encouragingly grumpily hartwell headache hesitantly neared nutrition practiced quadruple science straightened