Title - Mrs. Lizzy is Dizzy
Author: Gutman, Dan
Publisher: Dallas Morning News

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Help! With the Recess Enrichment Program, A.J. and the gang have to take classes even during recess! The new teacher, Mrs. Lizzy, teaches how to make balloon animals, how to compost worms, and lots of other weird useless skills. Entertain Realistic Fiction
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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775 3.2 690 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 39 Total # of Words 3020 # of Different Words 727
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 2093 69.3% # of Hi freq words 327 45%
% of Long Sentences 3.1 Low Freq occurs 120 4% # of Low freq words 68 9.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Footnotes
Features
First Person
Topics
*Schools & Education
Low Frequency Words
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