Title - Nothing But The Truth Author: Avi Publisher: Avon Camelot Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ninth grader Philip Malloy is forbidden to join the track team because of his failing grades in English class. Convinced that the teacher just doesn't like him, Philip concocts a plan to get transferred out of her class. Breaking the school's policy of silence during the national anthem, he hums along, and ends up on trial in a crisis at the center of the nation's attention. Persuade Diary/Journal/Letters RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2412 5.6 960 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 51 Total # of Words 3515 # of Different Words 1011 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2376 67.6% # of Hi freq words 390 38.6% % of Long Sentences 8 Low Freq occurs 288 8.2% # of Low freq words 201 19.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Unconventional format Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Character development Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Parallel plots Topics Obedience *Community Choices Rules *Citizenship & Laws *Schools & Education School Low Frequency Words acceptance accepting acknowledged addition administration administrator administrators aging ambition announcements anthem application appreciate approaches appropriate approval assassinated assignments ballots beneficiaries betterment biology budget burying calmed capacity casting chairman colleagues college combo committee committees concepts conflicts congregation consult contemporary controversial conversation cooperation culture dadum decent designated diary diem discussion educated education effective elections electorate employees entice entitled ethel excellence excerpt exhibits extracurricular facilitate faculty fault fellow flinty forthcoming freedom future gallantly glare gloss government grant grateful guarantee hailed hallick harland homeroom honestly immediate incomes independence inflation informed insulted intelligent intensive intercom introduce irritates issue jamison january julius jumpstart lighten lighters literature lobster mafia major masterpiece memo middling mock movements municipal national ninth novel o'er opinion organizing outsiders owes paragraph particulars passive perilous personal personnel pleasant population portrayal potential practical president professors promoting public ramparts recommendation references regularly rejected reluctantly renew request required requirements requires resistance respectful response restaurant restless restricted retirement review route rowing sacrifices schedule scheduled schedules science seafood season seventh seymour shrinking significance sincerely slobbering society solo spangled spies sprints staff stead steadfast strategies strategy strive superintendent swept symbolic theoretical thoughtful thro throughout truebel tryouts tuition twilight unacceptable unawares uptight urge vietnam vision vital weird whoops wisdom workshop worth writers