Title - Miss Nelson is Missing Author: Allard, Harry Publisher: SandPiper Houghton Mifflin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Miss Nelson is sweet, but her class is always misbehaving. And when their quiet, mild-mannered teacher goes missing? They think it’s their chance to really act up. Until they meet their strict substitute, Viola Swamp. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 409 2.5 610 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 22 Total # of Words 586 # of Different Words 259 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 332 56.7% # of Hi freq words 111 42.9% % of Long Sentences 1.1 Low Freq occurs 30 5.1% # of Low freq words 16 6.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Simple Plot Topics Witches Changes Cooperation Teams/Teamwork Children Differences Pretend Relationships Responsibility School Low Frequency Words assigned detective discouraged drawn gobbled likely mcsmogg misbehave misbehaving refused rude squirmed swamp swarm viola whizzed