Title - Sixth Grade Secrets Author: Sachar, Louis Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Laurie Sibbie starts a club called Pig City, she incites a near-war among her sixth-grade classmates and generates the creation of a rival club that has designs on Pig City's precious box of secrets. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1131 3.8 770 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 1852 # of Different Words 591 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1292 69.8% # of Hi freq words 258 43.7% % of Long Sentences 5 Low Freq occurs 58 3.1% # of Low freq words 49 8.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Simple Plot Topics Inclusion Friendship *Family & Friends *Schools & Education School Low Frequency Words angrily butcher comb combed destroyers devils doubt doyle's eden electrical euu facedown healthy hesitated instantly jewelry kindergarten lengthwise lied lowed lowered mccartney mysterious naked ola original outlets outvoted parted photograph polluted popsicles precious president product questioned recorder secretary sibbie slobs solemnly tacky tourists underwear various vice wears what'd yogurt