Title - Finding the Flipside Author: Law, Jennifer Publisher: Boys Town Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre At breakfast, he wants to impress his mom by making mouthwatering pancakes and then flipping them onto her plate. But his flapjack-flipping skills are stale. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 428 2.5 620 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 34 Total # of Words 1144 # of Different Words 396 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 788 68.9% # of Hi freq words 176 44.4% % of Long Sentences 2.8 Low Freq occurs 44 3.8% # of Low freq words 27 6.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Character development Simple problem/solution First Person Topics Attitudes Behaviors *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words accidentally assignment defeating delicious discouraged flit fluffiest frustrated griddle hopeful mentally muttered negative nothin paused pictured positive positively positives reminder result situation stammered turner turner's worksheet wrecked