Title - Pippi Goes on Board Author: Lindgren, Astrid Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Outrageous Pippi Longstocking has no parents around and no rules to follow, so she lives according to her own daredevilish ways. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1050 3.7 750 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 54 Total # of Words 3024 # of Different Words 805 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2322 76.8% # of Hi freq words 379 47.1% % of Long Sentences 24 Low Freq occurs 138 4.6% # of Low freq words 106 13.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Features Simple Plot Topics Boats Feelings/Emotions Fathers Friendship Choices Humor *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words absolutely amazement angrier annika anxiously bowing butcher calmly candies cannibal cannibals casually chock cobblestone continually cordially crocuses decidedly delicatessa deserves disgustedly dreadful dreadfully drowned efraim elderly extraordinary fashionable figures formerly freckled freckles furthermore gaily gazing glimpse gloriously grasped haired jauntily kindhearted ladies likely lollipops longstocking mackrelmint measure merely merrily mounds mouthed naturally needn't nilsson notion nowhere ome otherwise overboard pantry pause perfume pippi pippilotta pleasant pocketful portion presume prove ramshackle reasonable redhead remarkable representing roadside roaming rusk sauntering service shinbone showers slung snowdrops splattered sternly stockings stout strolling submarine sunniest surrounded swedish tangled terror thou thoughtful thoughtfully thrust tiniest tramped turnip twilight unceasingly villekulla worth youngster