Title - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Author: Barrett, Judi Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow, where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers -- until the weather takes a turn for the worse. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 907 3.5 720 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 35 Total # of Words 1191 # of Different Words 487 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 769 64.6% # of Hi freq words 173 35.5% % of Long Sentences 18 Low Freq occurs 61 5.1% # of Low freq words 55 11.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Unusual use of vocabulary Topics *Weather *Safety Food Foreign Country Imagination Low Frequency Words abandon absolute accompanied afloat assorted boarded broccoli brussel chewandswallow coastal decision delicious downpour emptied frankfurters frequently gargonzola glued gradual hurricane incident knives lawns leftovers maple mayonnaise mustard necessities object occasional overcooked packaged portions prediction pulp refrigerators sanitation schoolhouse shelves shower sidewalks sledding sliding sprouts staler supermarket supplied suprisingly surrounding survival syrup temporary tornado townspeople uneventfully violent