Title - Slam Dunk Saturday Author: Marzollo, Jean Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Billy enters a basketball-shooting contest to help raise money for a new playground. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 731 3.2 690 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 18 Total # of Words 1910 # of Different Words 582 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1208 63.2% # of Hi freq words 246 42.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 63 3.3% # of Low freq words 45 7.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Athletes Sports Competition Attitudes Teams/Teamwork Winning/Losing Sportsmanship *Community Playground Low Frequency Words belched burp burped c'mon championship customers division dominate easygoing elementary facciamo fault foul furious gimme gonna gotcha grimly grossed gulp humongous hunched ignore league mimicked nonno organized parlor pavement pitiful playground's pledged pledges rebound referee register rude sauce shoved shrugged strutted trophy tuft varsity weird