Title - Marcus Loses Patches Author: Holland, Clifton Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Reading A-Z: Marcus Loses Patches is about a boy who loves playing video games so much that he gets distracted from the real world. After his distraction leads to his dog running away and to disappointing his mother, Marcus realizes some things are more important than playing video games. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 402 2.5 610 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 21 Total # of Words 736 # of Different Words 289 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 465 63.2% # of Hi freq words 124 42.9% % of Long Sentences 1.3 Low Freq occurs 30 4.1% # of Low freq words 21 7.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Additional activities Features Character traits Present Tense Topics Obedience Games *Feelings, Behaviors Responsibility Low Frequency Words accidentally amulet canine casserole disappointed dueling egyptian elsewhere escaped gulp hardcore irresponsible locate neighborhood neighbors nowhere patches psyched pyramid sphinx unlatched