Title - Extra Credit Author: Clements, Andrew Publisher: Atheneum Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork. She just doesn't like doing it. And consequently, Abby will have to repeat sixth grade unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking on an extra credit project: find a pen pal in a distant country. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2151 5.2 920 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 49 Total # of Words 3527 # of Different Words 991 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2701 76.6% # of Hi freq words 448 45.2% % of Long Sentences 23.2 Low Freq occurs 161 4.6% # of Low freq words 129 13% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Simple Plot Topics Sharing Cultures Customs Differences Letters (mail) *Community Friendship *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words absolutely absorb academic academics aching advice afghanistan akbar arched ascent cafeteria chalk concentration concrete continents cooped cornfields council councillors counselor courteous courtyard crevice cushions decent declaration deserved disappointment dreading elders elementary elevator excellent flatness forcefully formal freedom future gasoline generator gettysburg gonna grammar grenade guidance harsh honor honors illinois increase incredible independence installed instantly interruption junior kabul keyboard khan knots language ledge massive mastered moments montana motion multiply nation needn't opportunity overhang overhanging pang pause paused percent permanent permission pitons plunged pressure progress prove province pulleys punctuation rappelling reasons recite recommend recommended recommending reliance replayed represent route scholarship schoolteacher schoolwork science scoured security shameful shown silo sipping soaring social soviet studies summit sweat taut technical tilted tradition traditions trickled trousers tying union universe upward verb walled whatever's writer younger