Title - Strawberry Girl Author: Lenski, Lois Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This is the story of Birdie Boyer and how she battles nature, animals, and feuding neighbors in the backwoods of Florida to become a strawberry girl. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2209 5.3 930 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 3426 # of Different Words 1009 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2328 68% # of Hi freq words 403 39.9% % of Long Sentences 3 Low Freq occurs 296 8.6% # of Low freq words 207 20.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Headings Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting - Historical Complex Problem/Solution Dialect/Accents Idioms Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Attitudes Challenges Jealousy Behaviors Tolerance Opinions *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words akimbo amaryllis angle angular approached barelegged basin better'n bigger'n biggety bloomin' borrow breezeway brimmed brung callers calves chuggin' comb combed comin' cowhorse cowmen crops'll curious curling currycomb cypress defiantly deserve desperately dixie doin doin' dovey drawl earliest eatin encountered ere features feeble feller fenced fertilizer fitten fixin fixin's flatiron flowered freight furrow further geranium's giddap git glare glistening goin goin' grindin grove growin gruffly haired harness headin headlong heartily heave height his'n hit's iffen inquired interrupted jedgin jerking jest kin kiver knelt knowingly lanky lasso lassoed lazily lemme lively livin livin' lookin looped looping ma'am mansion manure manured markin meanness merciless messin milkin mornin naw neglect neighborin' neighbors nothin nothin' nough offen offense oilcloth's ole oncet overall palmetto palmettos paused penned pennin picket pickin pioneer plank plowin plowshare pockets porches pore posies procession progress prologue promptly pruned purely purtier purty putty reckon reflected reflections response resumed retorted ridin roddenberry roddenberrys rough sakes scoffed scrubby seedling seedlings sellin semina semina's shaggy shoestring's shone shove shoved shrill shucks sich slat sorriest spat squalling stalked standards stiffly straggly strode studyin sturdy sullen sunbonnet sweet'taters sweetenin swept taters thar theirselves thicket thrust thrusts tightened timidly tole tongues tousled trifle uns unseen unwilling usin vigorous wanna washbasin watered what'd wiry wonders wren yonder