Title - Stitches Author: Ziefert, Harriet Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Jon needs stitches, but doesn't want a shot! Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 169 1.7 210 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 14 Total # of Words 330 # of Different Words 115 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 186 56.4% # of Hi freq words 50 43.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 1.5% # of Low freq words 1 0.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Topics Body Mothers Elaboration Bicycles Sewing Doctors Accidents *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words stitches