Title - Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peeky Spying Author: Park, Barbara Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Junie B. is the bestest spier in the world. That's 'cause she has sneaky feet. And her nose doesn't whistle when she breathes. But guess what? Junie B. might be real sneaky. And real peeky. But when she spies on Mrs., she could get into real trouble. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1014 3.6 740 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 35 Total # of Words 2255 # of Different Words 534 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1675 74.3% # of Hi freq words 248 46.4% % of Long Sentences 0.6 Low Freq occurs 65 2.9% # of Low freq words 43 8.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Inferences: Some implications Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple Plot First Person Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Teacher/Teaching Spies *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words accidentally aspirin beated beverage breathed compartment curiosity delicious firemen freshments gonna grampa grocery growly hollered hollering kindergarten ladies lotsa marshmallows meanie missy neighbor neighbors ourselves peeky pewie portant pressure puffer rumpled sended shushed spied spier sprained squished stamping toed wallet whistling whoops wrinkled