Title - Some Birthday! Author: Polacco, Patricia Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre On his daughter's birthday, Dad takes Patricia and her brother to see the Monster at Clay Pit Bottom. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 682 3.1 680 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 37 Total # of Words 1178 # of Different Words 448 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 853 72.4% # of Hi freq words 207 46.2% % of Long Sentences 7 Low Freq occurs 46 3.9% # of Low freq words 39 8.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few 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: Abstract/Complex Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Simple Plot First Person Topics Monsters Fathers Birthdays Fears *Family & Friends *Holidays, Events, Cele Night Low Frequency Words approach bottomland breathlessly bulrushes c'mon collected everlast galoshes gliding gramma harley haunted heroes hind hollering hoping journal kersplash marshmallows monster's mouthfuls mustard ought outa photograph pushers richie rippled rustling salesman separate slimiest snarling specials squealed stock threaded ugliest whipped