Title - Cam Jansen: The Ghostly Mystery #16 Author: Adler, David A. Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Cam uses her photographic memory to catch a thief disguised as a ghost. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 716 3.1 680 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 21 Total # of Words 2403 # of Different Words 510 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1663 69.2% # of Hi freq words 235 46.1% % of Long Sentences 0.3 Low Freq occurs 71 3% # of Low freq words 35 6.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Stealing Problem Solving Low Frequency Words ambulance blaring concert curious earrings emergency emptied getup height location magazines medical necklace paris partner partners photographic photographs pulse purse robbery scaring science security shelton shortened sirens stretcher teenaged teenagers thieves triceratops tuxedo tyrannosaurus vacations