Title - Science Fair Author: Barry, Dave Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The president of Krpshtskan is plotting to infiltrate the science fair at Hubble Middle School in order to take over the U.S. government, but when Toby makes up his mind to win the fair, the terrorists' plans go awry. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2762 6.4 1020 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 44 Total # of Words 4111 # of Different Words 1123 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2890 70.3% # of Hi freq words 448 39.9% % of Long Sentences 20.3 Low Freq occurs 386 9.4% # of Low freq words 254 22.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Parallel plots Difficult names Foreign words Topics Competition *Science Danger Spies Humor *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words ability absolutely accent accented advancing aerial alumnus amusing apparent appointed approach approached averages booting browser bunker burping buttular cafeteria cafeteria's campaign chorus circuit circular colleges commotion competitive concern confrontation consulted conversation decent designed detentions diamagnetism discarded discount doubted dude dutch eastern education electrical enchilada entre estates fashion featured features federal ferret ferret's fester flickering freckled frontward fryer fully general generosity generous genetic genius gerbil gestured glare glop gonna government gratitude grdankl groping grunted hairiest hairless haley halle halloween handheld hardbonger harmonee hawaii heavily hilarious hooking hoping horror hubble hugely hunched ignored ignoring image immediately impending impressed impressive improved indicate individual insane instant insult insulted internet iq ivy janitor janitor's judging khaki knowledgeable krpsht krpshtskan krpshtskan's language laser laughter lawsuits league level levitate lofty lowered maniacal manicures manipulating manipulation manor maryland masquerade massive meaningfully merge metropolis mightiest miraculous moron morons mountainous mucus mutant nation national neckstrom nickname nightmare niles noticing noting nugget nuggets obvious occupied official oozing opposite overall paused peering pentagon permanent personal physically pleasure plinkett population porter positions possible's president president's presidential presidents previous private prmkt prmkt's professional project projects public purchased pure pzyrbovich questioned radar random reasonably reasons recently recognized recycling reddened redhead register reilley reject relieved republic resorts sample science scientific scraggly scrambling shower shuffled slogan slung sopranos sounding specific spiro sprawling suburb superpowerful surrounded suspicions tamara taylor taylor's technology texting threaten threatening tofu transcent transferred trousers uncontaminated unfortunately unhealthy unnaturally unnecessary upgrade vacant vacationed various veteran vice views vigorously vista vowels vrsk waistband warehouse wemplemeyer whatsoever whoas wikipedia yogurt zucchini