Title - Superfudge Author: Blume, Judy Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In this sequel to TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING, twelve-year-old Peter relates his life with his troublesome little brother, Fudge. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 719 3.1 680 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 1664 # of Different Words 532 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1239 74.5% # of Hi freq words 235 44.2% % of Long Sentences 1.1 Low Freq occurs 42 2.5% # of Low freq words 36 6.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Babies Brothers *Family & Friends Relationships Low Frequency Words adidas announced bawling biscuit cabinet drawers drowned emptied fargo's faucet iran january jeans kneel lathering loon meantime messes necessarily pregnant president recited refuses rinsed sesame shoving slicing sponge stirred suds sudsy tousle tousled vanilla yapping yelped