Title - How to Take the Ache out of Mistakes Author: Taylor, Kimberly Feltes, Eric Braun Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Making a mistake can leave anyone feeling sick in the stomach or thinking that the world is going to end. Learning how to cope with mistakes—and how to stop that “ache”—can be one of the hardest parts of growing up. Entertain Persuasive RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 962 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 54 Total # of Words 3024 # of Different Words 697 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2224 73.5% # of Hi freq words 270 38.7% % of Long Sentences 7.7 Low Freq occurs 133 4.4% # of Low freq words 86 12.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Captions Inserts/Side bars Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Headings Features Second Person Topics Attitudes Right/Wrong Honesty Decisions Social Skills Choices Goals *Feelings, Behaviors Responsibility Low Frequency Words accidentally ache achy affects andersons cafeteria categories concert criticize deny dishonest embarrassed embarrassing embarrassment fault flush foster frustrating gaffe guilty healthiest healthy honest hurtful i's ignoring independent influence intentional internet introduction judging kaboom knitting knowing lash laundry layup likely lousy mature mistaken motivate negative neighbor neighbor's ourselves physical politician positive prevented project puck purpose raising react realize reasons recognizing regret rejected relying respect responsibility responsible science selfishness shameful shank situation sleepover slipups social specific spilling spotlight studied studies sunscreen sweating teammate trickery tying understanding wadded whoops