Title - Southpaw Author: Wallace, Rich Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team and also tries to cope with his new life and with his overly competitive father. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1809 4.7 870 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 48 Total # of Words 2616 # of Different Words 891 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 1855 70.9% # of Hi freq words 367 41.2% % of Long Sentences 14.1 Low Freq occurs 197 7.5% # of Low freq words 154 17.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Character development Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Foreign words Topics Teams/Teamwork Winning/Losing Honesty Friendship Baseball *Movement & Sports *Feelings, Behaviors New School Low Frequency Words acceptable adjusted amigo antsy boarded boulevard burden busting coaches'll commercials commuted concentrate crappy curve decent decision demonstrate despite diamond discomfort divisible divorce espino estimation exaggerated exhaled eyeing faucet fielding flemings flickering flown furnished gonna gotta gripped grounder hacking hander handling hitter hitters hoping hurdler immediately impression infield infielders innings interfered internacional jersey jogged landlord lanky laundry leadoff league lefties lefty level limber lindo magazines major mathewson mechanics menendez mexican mindful minority mirrored mound muscular musica newcomer northeastern opportunities otherwise ought outsider overcast overhand pace passengers patches paunchy peered pennsylvania phlegm pitches pitching pros prospects quirks ramiro referring rickety righty roster rosters rounded sarcasm season secure seventh shaw shortstop shown shrugged skyline smacked smirked southpaw spencer squad stadium staff stairwell stance steadily streetwise stung sturbridge sweat symmetrical tenant tensed thirties tienda transit tryouts unison unleashed unruly upped urban velez volume volumes warmth weird where'd whizzed wilkins wimmer winced windup yankee yankees younger zigzagging