Title - Mike's House Author: Sauer, Julia L. Publisher: Viking Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Because four-year-old Robert calls the public library "Mike's House," a policeman can't understand Robert's destination when he becomes lost. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 522 2.8 640 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 33 Total # of Words 1611 # of Different Words 450 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1131 70.2% # of Hi freq words 211 46.9% % of Long Sentences 4.7 Low Freq occurs 57 3.5% # of Low freq words 39 8.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Topics Books Lost Policemen Libraries *Language Arts Reading Low Frequency Words blustering cigarettes curb elevator fellow gorsline gulped harness interrupted loudspeaker mullan mullan's mulligan mustn't noble patiently phyllis pinwheel pleasant preschool promptly public rocco's runaway schoolers shoved shovel shovel's shrill sliding snatched solemnly sonny stalk strutted swallow tunic whistling youngster