Title - Horrible Harry Goes to the Moon Author: Kline, Suzy Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Everyone in Room 3B is excited about their assignment to study the moon. So when Harry finds an ad for a used telescope, the class decides to have a bake sale to raise the money to buy it. Once they get the telescope they plan to have a moonwatch and invite all the parents--but no one knows that Harry has a surprise plan of his OWN for the big night. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 967 3.6 730 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 29 Total # of Words 3004 # of Different Words 782 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 2107 70.1% # of Hi freq words 340 43.5% % of Long Sentences 2.6 Low Freq occurs 116 3.9% # of Low freq words 85 10.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Chapters Headings Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics *Space Teacher/Teaching Learning Moon *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words aldrin's almond announced arid blurted bobber bravissimo burrell chalk chalkboard charging classifieds collected comfy conversation crescent curious cushions degrees delicious digest embarrass evidence fahrenheit fascinating fleur forgery gross icing ignored inspiration internet interrupted jeans liberty lining liquid lotion lunar mackle magazines mattress measure memorized monitor mosquitoes mustache nasa's neeeeyeow nicknames nosedive packaging paused pestering pitching prospector puleeeze reader's refrigerator remainder repellent research rounded rummaged science scoffed scowled season sections shoshanna sneered sources spooger spooger's statue stepdad strolled suggestions sunbathing suntan swimsuit takeoff wandered website worth