Title - Mike's Good Bad Day
Author: Sweeney,Alyse
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Reading A-Z: Many things go wrong during Mike's day, both at home and at school. Every time something bad happens, someone helps him out. Mike discovers that it makes him feel good when others help him, so he learns to be helpful to others. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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178 1.8 280 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 13 Total # of Words 204 # of Different Words 126
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 91 44.6% # of Hi freq words 46 36.5%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Additional activities
Features
Clear cause/effect
Simple Plot
Topics
*Family & Friends
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words