Title - Secrets according to Humphrey Author: Birney, Betty G Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre So many secrets are flying around Room 26 that Humphrey (the class hamster) can barely keep track. Mrs. Brisbane knows a student is leaving, but Humphrey can't figure out which one. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 712 3.1 680 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 29 Total # of Words 3177 # of Different Words 737 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2327 73.2% # of Hi freq words 338 45.9% % of Long Sentences 4.3 Low Freq occurs 89 2.8% # of Low freq words 57 7.7% Subjective Criteria Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Chapters Headings Features Integral Setting Simple Plot First Person Topics Mystery Secrets Learning *Animals *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words aching approach curious dimmest dislike eerie escaped faraway fellow fitch gathering ghostly guitar handbag happier hieroglyphics humphrey humphrey's instructions kelsey label longfellow lungs marsh moments morales mustache neighbor noisily ordinary papyrus pharaoh pharaohs pouch pyramid pyramids quiver scampered scarves scrambled scrunched scurried series shelves soul staggered sunken tided tomb tutankhamen twanged uneaten unscramble unsqueakably vocabulary weird wonders