Title - Stephanie's Ponytail Author: Munsch, Robert Publisher: Annick Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre All Stephanie wanted to do was look a little different. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 312 2.2 550 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 30 Total # of Words 711 # of Different Words 138 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 461 64.8% # of Hi freq words 72 52.2% % of Long Sentences 2.9 Low Freq occurs 1 0.1% # of Low freq words 1 0.7% 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 Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Topics Innovation Appearances Copying/Mimicry Conforming *Feelings, Behaviors School Low Frequency Words broccoli