Title - Diary of a Fly Author: Cronin, Doreen Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Even though she's little—just like her best friends, Worm and Spider—Fly wants to be a superhero. And why not? She walks on walls, sees in all directions at once, and can already fly! Entertain Diary/Journal/Letters RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 373 2.4 590 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 17 Total # of Words 603 # of Different Words 293 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 373 61.9% # of Hi freq words 121 41.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 23 3.8% # of Low freq words 21 7.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inserts/Side bars Features First Person Topics Bugs Insects Low Frequency Words accomplished assignment average excellent flypaper heroes lenses maggot magnifying manure mph observe ourselves practiced regurgitated science sesame slurping superheroes villains yogurt