Title - Sideways Stories From Wayside Schools Author: Sachar, Louis Publisher: Avon Camelot Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Humorous episodes take place in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1034 3.7 750 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 34 Total # of Words 3436 # of Different Words 657 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 2378 69.2% # of Hi freq words 298 45.4% % of Long Sentences 3.5 Low Freq occurs 65 1.9% # of Low freq words 37 5.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Complex character relationships Excessive # of characters Integral Setting Parallel plots Topics Teacher/Teaching Behaviors Classrooms Humor *Schools & Education School Low Frequency Words absolutely addition amazement bushel chalk discipline exceptionally flabbergasted hopscotch horribly hurtled ignored kindergarten knowledge leslie maurecia maurecia's opinion overcoat prove purse ridiculous seventy shrugged staircase terribly thirtieth unable valuable warned wayside weighed workbook workbooks writ yawned zookeeper