Title - Flat Stanley Author: Brown, Jeff Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he's sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages. Sliding under closed doors is fun, and it's gratifying to be of use to his mother when she drops her ring through a narrow metal grating. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 913 3.5 720 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 37 Total # of Words 1676 # of Different Words 562 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1100 65.6% # of Hi freq words 234 41.6% % of Long Sentences 7.1 Low Freq occurs 62 3.7% # of Low freq words 57 10.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words accidentally altered angrily borrowed college cuckoo darndest despite edges encyclopedia examination feller fellow fragile grading grating handled hasty insurance jealous jostled ladies lettered lightly limber lowered markings marvel measurements messages overheated parcel particularly policemen politeness postal proved recently rude rudeness service shaft shared sideways sliding speech spool stock straightened tailor taxis unrolled unrolling valuable volumes woken younger