Title - Norma Jean, Jumping Bean Author: Cole, Joanna Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Norma Jean, kangaroo child, jumps past her friends on the way to school. And her jumping gets in the way of play. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 209 2.0 470 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 699 # of Different Words 206 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 379 54.2% # of Hi freq words 93 45.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 6 0.9% # of Low freq words 4 1.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Competition Actions Racing Self Control Play/Playing *Movement & Sports *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words hurdles jumper seesaw wheelbarrow