Title - Forever Author: Blume, Judy Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Sexual Content: They were seniors in high school. Totally crazy for each other, they thought they had found the one. It was first love, and it was perfect: long talks on the phone, ski trips, and double dates when they simply couldn't wait to be alone. Persuade Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2442 5.7 970 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 39 Total # of Words 2598 # of Different Words 805 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1983 76.3% # of Hi freq words 364 45.2% % of Long Sentences 5.3 Low Freq occurs 127 4.9% # of Low freq words 105 13% 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 Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Character development Complex character relationships Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot First Person Topics Feelings/Emotions Self Control Love *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words absolute accepted analyzing applied aronson average blabbing blurred borrow campus chested college compensate conked critic curious danziger dartmouth dashboard delicious denver doubt embroidered fabulous fondue fractured freshman generally genes genius goldberg greenish haired healthy hearted homeroom horsey idiot immigration infatuation insecure insight introduced jeans katherine kindergarten librarian liquid magazines michigan middlebury national naturally ninth nursery ordinary otherwise penn percent pictured piling positive profile pronged propped public radcliffe raisins reasons reddish reflection refrigerator refugees reservation retriever reviews ridden rutgers sarcastic scissors senior seniors seventh shoved skiing spending spooning stalled striper summit swallow swears sybil sybil's threatened trudged tuned unfortunately uninhibited vermont wears westfield wrist xi yawned