Title - Molly Learns A Lesson Author: Tripp, Valerie Publisher: American Girl Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre During World War II, nine-year-old Molly goes to school and with her friends tries to aid the war effort Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1211 4.0 780 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 3134 # of Different Words 877 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2185 69.7% # of Hi freq words 377 43% % of Long Sentences 8.8 Low Freq occurs 123 3.9% # of Low freq words 80 9.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Competition War Friendship Helping *Feelings, Behaviors School Low Frequency Words absolutely aisle alison's all's allies alphabetical announcement assembly awash blurted brotherhood calmly capitals chalk challenge challenged cloakroom competing complicated concentrate cooperating cooperation curls dismissal drowning engagement excellent fifties flung geraniums german germans germany gilford glossy gulped honor impressed indent knit knitting knob ladies linda's littlefield mcintire measuring multiplication mumps munson murmured nouns paragraph paragraphs participate peppermints pointer project projects raisins review rustling saluting scowled shove shovels smoothly soldier spectacular squinted sweater sweaters tidy timidly tinfoil tiresome unravel whispers windowsill woody