Title - Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth
Author: Konigsburg, E L
Publisher: Atheneum Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Elizabeth is an only child, new in town, and the shortest kid in her class. She’s also pretty lonely, until she meets Jennifer. Jennifer is...well, different. She’s read Macbeth. And she says she is a witch. Entertain Realistic Fiction
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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890 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 44 Total # of Words 3016 # of Different Words 783
Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2311 76.6% # of Hi freq words 354 45.2%
% of Long Sentences 14.7 Low Freq occurs 115 3.8% # of Low freq words 81 10.3%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: No support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Chapters
Features
Character traits
Character development
Simple Plot
First Person
Topics
Witches
Cooperation
Trying to please
Obedience
Friendship
*Family & Friends
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
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