Title - Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake Author: Park, Barbara Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Junie looks forward to winning lots of prizes at the school carnival; but a fruitcake was not exactly what she had in mind. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 956 3.5 730 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 41 Total # of Words 2980 # of Different Words 746 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 2155 72.3% # of Hi freq words 326 43.7% % of Long Sentences 0.6 Low Freq occurs 95 3.2% # of Low freq words 61 8.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple Plot First Person Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Competition Winning/Losing *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words accidentally account actual appreciate aspirin attendance beanie beauteous caramel carnival carnivals combed criticism curvy disappointed discipline doin enamel eyewitness ferris flimsy flushed frigerator gianter gonna grampa greedients grumpity gulp hollered kindergarten lacy laundry lucille's madam manicure ourselves permission practicing protective puffer reddish ricardo ricardo's rude servant shoulda skadillion soaky sponge sponges squealy straighter structions stucked supplies sweating sword there're thrillion whirl