Title - Mirandy and Brother Wind Author: McKissack, Patricia C. Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Mirandy is sure she'll win the cake walk if she can catch Brother Wind for her partner, but he eludes all the tricks her friends advise. Entertain Legends RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 994 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 36 Total # of Words 1397 # of Different Words 525 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 891 63.8% # of Hi freq words 204 38.9% % of Long Sentences 8.4 Low Freq occurs 116 8.3% # of Low freq words 78 14.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Personification Dialect/Accents Metaphors Topics Competition Wind Dance/Dancing Winning/Losing Kindness Friendship *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words approve arched bidding cakewalk chullin cider commenced conjure dear's decker elder ezel fiddlers flickering flicking folk fore gait gathering glints goin grateful grinding guarantee hedges hinges hovering interrupted ipsala jangling jessup jewelry jingling jubilee judges junior lilacs meadow measure milked mirandy mississippi moping natured neighbors notion ought partner payment poinsettia poinsettia's potion prettiest purely rafters reeled restack ridge ridgetop sassy scaring scarves schoolhouse sewn shackles siding silvery steppin strolling strutted studied tol tomfool wheeling whitewashed woodpile wrist y'all