Title - Faith, Hope, and Ivy June Author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Publisher: Delacorte Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ivy June Mosely and Catherine Combs are participating in the first seventh-grade student exchange program between their schools. The girls will stay at each other's homes, attend school together, and record their experience in their journals. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2119 5.1 920 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 41 Total # of Words 3390 # of Different Words 995 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2458 72.5% # of Hi freq words 423 42.5% % of Long Sentences 22.1 Low Freq occurs 193 5.7% # of Low freq words 148 14.9% 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 unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex plot Difficult names Topics Cultures *Community Conforming *Family & Friends Relationships Low Frequency Words academy account agent ambassador amusement asphalt assignment assignments assumes beattyville birches biscuits blessed blondish bluegrass cafeteria calendar cheekbones congratulations consolation copperhead corridor cumberland curious desolate determine diplomatic drawn eagled elementary embarrass embarrassed envious envoy exception farthest formations frayed furtively grandparents' grateful gross handlebars hazard hollow hoping imagined impressions invitation ivy jeans journal journals kentucky knowing kudzu landscape lankier laughter lexington luxuries magazines mammaw maneuvered marshmallow mercedes millionaire mischievous mistaken mistrustful more'n motor mower narrower objected obliged obscured offended offensive offensively official opinion opposite ourselves outhouse outsiders papaw parson's participate particular passengers pimple pockmarked practically pregnant prejudice prejudices private project projects pyramids refuse regretted remarkable resent resentful rimmed roadside rosemary rosemary's route routes rutted scarcely series seventh shaken shared shove shrugged siblings siphoning skirting sleepover snooping social spending stereotype stereotypes studies stung sweater sweatshirt swelled switchback sympathy syrup tennessee thrust tradition trudged truly twenties waitin whirled whistled younger