Title - Mockingbird Author: Erskine, Kathryn Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A moving story about an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger's syndrome whose older brother dies in a school shooting and the steps she takes to get closure Persuade Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2332 5.5 950 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 97 Total # of Words 3753 # of Different Words 862 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2931 78.1% # of Hi freq words 381 44.2% % of Long Sentences 9.1 Low Freq occurs 120 3.2% # of Low freq words 87 10.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Mood/tone First Person Present Tense Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Feelings/Emotions Challenges Death Behaviors Friendship *Human Body & Health *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words antiperspirant asperger's blurring brook's casserole cavernous cavities charcoal cinnamon conversation cooperate counselor cremated crouching cushion deodorant devon discussion drawer elementary emotion emotions expressions fabric facial fleece forefinger fortune funeral furnace galaxy gillette grayish harper healthy hidey hollow hummy introduces jeopardy kindergarten loosely marshmallow meltdown memorial movement mustache mute neighbor neighbors noisily nowhere otherwise personal plaid prickle project purpose recognize refrigerator relative relatives rough rude separate service shrug squishes squishy sufficient superfluous sweat sweater takers tissue tivo trm uncomfortable underarms understanding unfinished vibratey vo warmth wastefulness weird winged yank