Title - Miss Alaineus Author: Frasier, Debra Publisher: Harcourt, Inc. Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Sage has misheard and misunderstood one of Mrs. Page's weekly vocabulary words. Her error leads to a humbling catastrophe: a momentous tragedy, in front of the entire class. Can Sage turn her vocabulary disaster: an event bringing great misfortune, into a triumph: a true success? Entertain Narrative RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1320 4.1 800 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 60 Total # of Words 2128 # of Different Words 771 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 1483 69.7% # of Hi freq words 319 41.4% % of Long Sentences 17.8 Low Freq occurs 177 8.3% # of Low freq words 143 18.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Features Clear cause/effect First Person Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Feelings/Emotions Teasing Words Mistakes *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words activities advice agony ailment alaineus amazement ancestor annual applauded apprehend archaeology array astonishment audience auditorium bacteria berserk bulged bulldozed carnivore catastrophe category celestial certainty chalkboard constrictor cough coughing courage defective defined defining definitions delirious devastated doubled drawer drawn dwindle electricity embarrassment entertaining exhibit exhibiting extinct extraordinary fossil future germy gigantic giggling glee goeth gotta grocery gruesome guide headache herbivore holders humbled hurries hypothesis improve inevitable influenced insanity investigator judgment jumble jumbo kindergarten knowledge lacking language laughter likely listens luminous mention miscellaneous modest mournful musical mysterious object objects obliterate oblivion oneself opinion original parmesan pathetic performance permission positively precious precipitation prehistoric propped qualities quicksand quieted ravaged redness register relative restraint sage sauce science section select shortcomings spork sterious strands stupidity sweetheart swollen theme theory thicket tissue tissues transport trophy uncooked undaunted undertook unduly unforgettable unrelated valiant various vocabulary webster weird whistled wisdom xylophones yonder