Title - Math Curse Author: Scieszka, Jon Publisher: Viking Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1013 3.6 740 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 44 Total # of Words 1465 # of Different Words 488 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 914 62.4% # of Hi freq words 170 34.8% % of Long Sentences 5.5 Low Freq occurs 86 5.9% # of Low freq words 60 12.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental Features Character traits Topics Problem Solving *Math Numbers Low Frequency Words accountant allergic aux average binary bonus centimeter centimeters chalk curse d'une dedicated dedication estimate fewest fibonacci fournafish fraction fractions geography halves inkblot kilometer kilometers league licorice lunatic madness major mayan measure mississippi moitie multiply neighborhood nephews nieces numerals phys pint pints plaid pommes product quart quarts raving rearranges remainder science sequence shoelaces social studied studies tarte tongues tunafish unfortunately zombie