Title - Losers, Inc. Author: Mills, Claudia Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Although he knows that his efforts to impress a beautiful student teacher and outdo his perfect older brother jeopardize his status in the loser's club, Ethan realizes he no longer wants to be a loser. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1779 4.7 870 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 3912 # of Different Words 1039 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2716 69.4% # of Hi freq words 437 42.1% % of Long Sentences 13.1 Low Freq occurs 269 6.9% # of Low freq words 173 16.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Inferences: Some implications Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words achieve aka alas alphabetical announcements apparently arched assigned assignment assignments backboard blacktop bulky butler buttery cafeteria cashier circulating citizens cocktail concern congratulating congressman conspiratorial conversation cowlick curb curls delicious discouraged doth drowned electricity elementary embarrassing encouraging enthusiasm enthusiastic entries ethan ethan's faitak fife formulated founding future giggling glimpse gracefully grotient growth gunderson hawaiian height helpings homeroom hoping hormone husky hypothesis individually inflatable inflated inspiration interests introduce january julius lied lizzie's loserish marcia marcia's measuring memories mentioned mincing nah numbly o'keefe organization organized pantry particular partner partner's partners paused peer peered physical physically pineapple plainly poem poems poet poetry poets preschool president proceed projects pure qualify racks rapunzel recent recipes refrigerator refused regional replies representative restaurant retrieved rumpelstiltskin ryan satisfying saturday's science scientific scientist scoring scuffed section seriously shelves shimmery shoving shrink sincerely sixties smirk snatched snickered snickering snidely soaring social spindly spooned staff starred straightened studies stunned substitute survey suspenders suspiciously sweater swedish swig swirly swished tangle throaty thrust thumbelina tradition trancelike trophies twelfth universe unteacherly vice vital whisper winfield winfield's wonders zimmerman