Title - Last Day Blues Author: Danneberg, Julie Publisher: Charlesbridge Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Mrs. Hartwell's students worry that their teacher will miss them while they are gone for the summer. The class comes up with a way to make sure Mrs. Hartwell won't be too sad. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 393 2.4 600 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 23 Total # of Words 791 # of Different Words 306 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 477 60.3% # of Hi freq words 116 37.9% % of Long Sentences 3.4 Low Freq occurs 22 2.8% # of Low freq words 16 5.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Clear cause/effect Topics Teacher/Teaching Vacations Gifts *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words assured attendance baloney drowned duper giggling groundhogs hartwell language mon pictured privacy review science wahoo zinged