Title - Henry and Beezus Author: Cleary, Beverly Publisher: Dell Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre All Henry Huggins wants is his very own bicycle, a shiny red one to ride up and down Klickitat Street. But no matter how Henry tries to raise money for the bike of his dreams, he always ends up with too much trouble and not enough money. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 679 3.1 680 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 38 Total # of Words 1136 # of Different Words 446 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 697 61.4% # of Hi freq words 186 41.7% % of Long Sentences 13.2 Low Freq occurs 59 5.2% # of Low freq words 43 9.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Simple Plot Topics Work Bicycles Money *Family & Friends Pets Low Frequency Words casually chef's circling disappointed disliked edged etta fastened funnies garlic grumbie grumbie's grumbies herbs hind ignored immense interrupted interrupting jeepers journal klickitat mccarthy muttered neighbor object observed pockets recipe remarked responded ribsy rosebushes sauce seasoning section thoughtful understanding unfortunately vinegar whistling whizzed windowpane