Title - Diary of a Spider Author: Cronin, Doreen Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This is the diary . . . of a spider. Actually, he's a lot like you. He goes to gym class and has Grandparents Day at school. But he also spins sticky webs, scales walls, and takes wind-catching lessons. Lucky for him, his best friend is a fly! Entertain Diary/Journal/Letters RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 402 2.5 610 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 550 # of Different Words 259 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 326 59.3% # of Hi freq words 108 41.7% % of Long Sentences 1.1 Low Freq occurs 24 4.4% # of Low freq words 16 6.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Speech Bubbles Unconventional format Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inserts/Side bars Features First Person Topics Spiders *Animal Life Low Frequency Words allegiance bbq faraway fault grampa grandparent's gross judge longlegs molted napped pledge sauce seesaw vacuum vacuums