Title - Like Jake and Me Author: Jukes, Mavis Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A new family builds a relationship as a stepfather and stepson celebrate their differences and take heart in their similarities. Alex feels that he does not have much in common with his stepfather Jake until a fuzzy spider brings them together. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1301 4.1 800 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 28 Total # of Words 2387 # of Different Words 634 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 1579 66.1% # of Hi freq words 259 40.9% % of Long Sentences 0.5 Low Freq occurs 83 3.5% # of Low freq words 63 9.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Complex character relationships Clear cause/effect Mood/tone Topics Feelings/Emotions Pregnancy *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words adjusted advice ballet blackening cautiously crawling crouched cypress dusky eased entomologist furry gazing gracefully grappled grove grunting hairiest hatband hollered itchy jeans kindly knelt knitted landscape lightly loaned longhorn lowered mallard midair nectar peering poplars pregnant raven ravens reindeer salmon scarf shoved sideways smacked smudges snatched sprang squashing squinted stepfather stetson stiffly stitched straightened swaggered sweetened thundered unsnapped wadded warmers whirled woodstove woolly