Title - Socks Author: Cleary, Beverly Publisher: HarperTrophy Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The comfortable cat's life for tabby Socks is disrupted by the arrival of a new baby in the owner's home. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1121 3.8 760 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 39 Total # of Words 2595 # of Different Words 760 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 1826 70.4% # of Hi freq words 306 40.3% % of Long Sentences 12.3 Low Freq occurs 134 5.2% # of Low freq words 115 15.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Chapters Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Sharing Cats Babies Caring/Hugs Love *Animals *Family & Friends Pets Low Frequency Words accepted admitting affectionately announcements approached approved audience bickering borrowed brimming chute commotion contradicted crawling customers decision desperation disagreements echoed elderly embarrassed encouraging fascinated federal fragrant freedom furry future gasping generous geraniums glare groceries grocery guaranteed guiding headlines herded hollow honest housebroken importance inspection jeans kitten's label laundry littermate littermates markings mew mewed mewing midst mongrel muumuu nipping object objected offense official outgrown paused pawed peered plucked popsicles pouncing precisely promptly puzzlement puzzling quarrel quarreled quarreling raccoon's rattling recognized relieved remarked rescuing respect sandals satisfaction seized sensing shopper shoved shoveled slurpy socks's solution spayed squabble statement stifling stringy sunburned supermarket sweat sweltering swiped tabby tamper tearful thong thrust thumping transaction unaware unfortunately weary weedy whisper younger