Title - Slugs in Love Author: Pearson, Susan Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Marylou loves everything about Herbie―how his slime trail glistens in the dark, how he can stretch himself thin to squeeze inside the cellar window, and how he always finds the juiciest tomatoes. But Marylou is a shy slug. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 426 2.5 620 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 31 Total # of Words 692 # of Different Words 289 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 405 58.5% # of Hi freq words 111 38.4% % of Long Sentences 8.1 Low Freq occurs 38 5.5% # of Low freq words 29 10% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Unconventional format Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics Love Romance *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words adelaide blurted cellar excitedly gardener gladness glistened glistening greenish handsome immediately ivy jethro jodelle juiciest noticing poem poems poet poetry rhyme scarecrow sincerely squash sublime truly watermelons wheelbarrow zucchini