Title - Noise in the Night Author: Roberts, Brian Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about two boys who love to play in a tent they have set up in the backyard. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 252 2.1 510 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 19 Total # of Words 537 # of Different Words 194 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 301 56.1% # of Hi freq words 74 38.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 9 1.7% # of Low freq words 4 2.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Additional activities Features Twist ending Topics Fathers *Entertainment & Fun Night Noises Low Frequency Words frantically manuel manuel's unzipped