Title - Grandmas at the Lake Author: McCully, Emily Arnold Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Pip and Ski have a hard time enjoying themselves at the lake with Pip's two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything, sharing a lakeside cabin. The kids find it hard to put up with the grandmas' contradictory advice, so they go rowing by themselves to teach the two a lesson. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 365 2.4 590 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 17 Total # of Words 1048 # of Different Words 322 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 587 56% # of Hi freq words 141 43.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 23 2.2% # of Low freq words 17 5.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Vacations Boats Attitudes Swimming Differences Grandparents *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words drawer merrier merrily nature ourselves preservers rowed sailors shoved sprout stern suits titmouse tufted tuna underwear yawned