Title - Cabin Fever Author: Kinney, Jeff Publisher: Amulet Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre While trying to earn money, Greg accidentally damages school property and believes the police are looking for him. When a blizzard hits, he's stuck inside with his family and wonders if any punishment could be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays. Entertain Diary/Journal/Letters RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1537 4.4 830 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 45 Total # of Words 3401 # of Different Words 866 Ave Word/.Sent 18 Hi Freq occurs 2624 77.2% # of Hi freq words 367 42.4% % of Long Sentences 40 Low Freq occurs 143 4.2% # of Low freq words 107 12.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits First Person Topics Feelings/Emotions Friendship *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Parents Low Frequency Words abandoning account accurate annoy assembly auditorium basically category chasing collarbone concept confiscated confront constantly convenient convinced coordinate decoy dennis deserves dishtowel distracting embarrassed embarrassing equipment eventually excellent further gary gonna gramma harassed higgins idiot inappropriate injury insurance issue jealous kindergarten knowing legitimate legos leslie leverage lighter luckily manny manny's marker material miniature moments multiplication must've naughty neighborhood occupied ornament ornaments overnight packaging paranoid polling practically pregnant pressure prison privacy protesting prove radar realize reasons relatives revenge riot roderick rodrick's sawdust seesaw seriously shortcut should've shoved similar situation slogan slogans specific staples storage strategy stunk suing sweat taker terrified threat toughen underwear vice videogame weird willies would've wrapping