Title - Operation Spy School Author: Stanley, George Edward Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Adam Sharp series: Adam Sharp and others of IM-8 go back to spy school to learn the newest tricks, but an enemy spy has infiltrated the top-secret classes. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 899 3.4 720 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 24 Total # of Words 3036 # of Different Words 779 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1906 62.8% # of Hi freq words 327 42% % of Long Sentences 1 Low Freq occurs 151 5% # of Low freq words 82 10.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Table of Contents Chapters Headings Features Simple Plot Topics Learning Spies Problem Solving Low Frequency Words agencies agency agent agents announced archenemy auditorium blacktop blimey boarded cafeteria chalk chalkboard coughs dearie degrees disguises dude ease elementary fault formation further gadget gadgets general government grimly handing hawaii headquarters hedge hullo ignored im ingredients international introduced jamboree janitor jungles kindly lousy magna marines menace messages missions motioned navy nursing obstacle omelet operation paris phony positive pouring project purpose recipe resigning scornfully seating security seriously shrugged spies straightened studied supplies surroundings suspicious swallowing sweat triangle tulip tuxedo urgent whipped whirling yawned