Title - Stevie Author: Steptoe, John Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A black child resents, but then misses, a little foster brother. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 431 2.5 620 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 27 Total # of Words 938 # of Different Words 318 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 668 71.2% # of Hi freq words 140 44% % of Long Sentences 6.9 Low Freq occurs 41 4.4% # of Low freq words 27 8.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Mothers Remembering Babysitters Family *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words boogie comin doin gimme gonna gotta havin kinda listenin littler makin marshmallows mickies mornin naw nothin playin robertie runnin sayin sittin somma stayin stevie stoop thinkin y'all