Title - Class Clown Author: Hurwitz, Johanna Publisher: Laurel Leaf Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third-grade, finds it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect student. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1381 4.2 810 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 29 Total # of Words 3447 # of Different Words 827 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2461 71.4% # of Hi freq words 352 42.6% % of Long Sentences 3.5 Low Freq occurs 119 3.5% # of Low freq words 85 10.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Behaviors Social Skills *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words aisle announced apparently appointment assigned astronaut chalkboard cigarette claudia cricket's cursive curve cushman delicious denying dismissal distracting fellows flown flushed ile imaginary importance inconvenience informed initials instructed julio knowingly ladies lawyer luckily misbehaving misbehavior mouthful naughty naw nevertheless oatmeal objected obstetrician obstreperous occurred paused personal poisonous practiced presented president raises raising recognizing refused reputation resisting restless righteously section signaled simmons simmons's social squint stationery stomachs straighter studied studies suggestion sustained swelled syllables temptation thermometer topeka truly universal ussr vandalize velcro vision vocabulary waking weird workbooks worth