Title - Harriet the Spy Author: Fitzhugh, Louise Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1123 3.8 760 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 47 Total # of Words 1934 # of Different Words 616 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1401 72.4% # of Hi freq words 282 45.8% % of Long Sentences 10 Low Freq occurs 100 5.2% # of Low freq words 78 12.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Character traits Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Topics Writing Observation Cause/Effect Kindness *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words anxiety ballooned breathless brownstone businesslike cocktails composition courtyard crosstown curry curve dei deputizes discarded don'tcha dubiously dumbwaiter edges emerged enveloped fishbein furiously general guilt hanley harsh hesitation hypnotized instance intently interrupted kindness knelt lawyer lowlands manhattan muffled muttered nooo oatmeal occupied ole olives pace paused petrified plaintively plumber professions recognizable referred relieved robinsons route santi satisfied seriously seventh singsong spies sport's squad squarely squatted stroll sweater thoughtfully twinge wanta welsch whadya where're whirled whizzing withers wives wonders writer