Title - Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Author: Henkes, Kevin Publisher: Troll Associates Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Lily loves everything about school, especially her teacher; but when he asks her to wait awhile before showing her new purse, and then confiscates it, she does something she is very sorry for later. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 659 3.0 670 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 42 Total # of Words 1257 # of Different Words 394 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 777 61.8% # of Hi freq words 158 40.1% % of Long Sentences 3.9 Low Freq occurs 75 6% # of Low freq words 54 13.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Unconventional format Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development Topics Teacher/Teaching *Feelings, Behaviors Occupations School Low Frequency Words absolutely ambulance amused artistic chalk cheesy considerate creatively demonstrated diamonds diva encyclopedias excellent expressed fabulous fashioned fiercely furious glittery grammy hairdresser interpretive jaunty jingly julius lightbulb longed lunchroom lurched mention performance privacy props provided pupils purse qualities responded response sampled scuba semicircle shared slinger slinger's soul strolled supplies surgeon throughout uncooperative unique victor volunteered