Title - Horrible Harry in Room 2B Author: Kline, Suzy Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Doug discovers that though being Harry's best friend in Miss Mackle's second-grade class isn't always easy, as Harry likes to do horrible things, it is often a lot of fun. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 898 3.4 720 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 42 Total # of Words 3612 # of Different Words 788 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2573 71.2% # of Hi freq words 350 44.4% % of Long Sentences 2.8 Low Freq occurs 112 3.1% # of Low freq words 64 8.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Inferences: Some implications Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development First Person Topics Bullies Field Trips Jealousy Good/Evil Friendship Social Skills *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words adventures aisle aquarium cafeteria chalkboard cigar dangled dracula fertilize fertilized fertilizing fortune frankenstein glared gonna gritted halloween handkerchief invade invasion jeans jerking kneeled knuckle knuckles leftover librarian librarian's lowered mackle mackle's marker michaelsen noogie noogies oooooo partner partners permission pilgrim pilgrims pledge raising revenge sardine sardines scarier science scowled section slither slithered sowing squanto sssss stung sweater tropical tweet tyrannasaurus tyrannosaurus wonders yogurt yourselves