Title - Busybody Nora Author: Hurwitz, Johanna Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre "What is your name?" That's what Nora asks her neighbors as she rides up and down the elevator of her apartment house. She doesn't mean to be a busybody. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1289 4.1 790 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 31 Total # of Words 3270 # of Different Words 838 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2336 71.4% # of Hi freq words 375 44.7% % of Long Sentences 8.5 Low Freq occurs 123 3.8% # of Low freq words 90 10.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Headings Features Integral Setting Simple Plot Topics Storytelling Birthdays Babysitters Parties *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words alcove amazement announced appointment arid astonishment bahar barley borrow busybody can's cant conference contribute curious dachshunds deliverymen discussion diverted doubt earrings elevator embarrassing entertaining faraway fascinated fridays german glared groceries grocery gross handing hoping ignore imported insurance investigator invitations kindergarten laundry lobby luckily measuring metropolitan michaels moustaches mushrooms muttered mutts negris neighbor neighbors nervously observed offended onion paperweight piling platter portions postman powdered practically prettiest putzi refrigerator registered relatives responsibility riverside salesman schoolteacher seasoning seventh shepherd slacks stirring stomachs structure supermarket surrounded sweetie tenants toasters unused vacant wurmbrand wurmbrand's younger