Title - Make Lemonade Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre LaVaughn, who is determined to go to college. When she answers a babysitting ad, LaVaughn meets Jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mother with two kids by different fathers. As she helps Jolly make lemonade out of the lemons her life has given her, LaVaughn learns some lessons outside the classroom. Persuade Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3108 7+ 1090 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 74 Total # of Words 3117 # of Different Words 767 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2438 78.2% # of Hi freq words 332 43.3% % of Long Sentences 21.2 Low Freq occurs 132 4.2% # of Low freq words 87 11.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding. Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Determination Self Esteem Messiness Helping Goals *Feelings, Behaviors Responsibility Low Frequency Words account actual aide approved babysat beefy blaming budget bulging buzzers citizens college committee committees complicated concentrating concerned conversation conversations convinced cornering council decision diapers disorderly dormitory drawer electricity elevator gangs gooey graduate graduation grocery gurgles housing instant interruptions janitor's janitors jeremy jeremy's jolly's knowing lavaughn liquids listing microscopes momma's myrtle notices nowhere nursing opinions patrolling patties personal piling pimping practicing private public puke reality reasons recognize referred referring refrigerator refuse required scheduled science shoelace sideways smudged social speech spritzers staples statues strutting studies sweater tenant vaccination wrinkled