Title - Tea Party for Two Author: Poploff, Michelle Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Calling all girls! You're invited to a special tea party with best friends Kim and Amy. Time: Right now. Place: Kim's backyard. Too bad Amy doesn't like tea. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 543 2.8 650 Amazon 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 15 Total # of Words 1502 # of Different Words 489 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 875 58.3% # of Hi freq words 200 40.9% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 40 2.7% # of Low freq words 29 5.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Table of Contents Chapters Features Topics Birthdays Mistakes Food Parties *Entertainment & Fun Low Frequency Words alter burped daisies dangled duper gob gross gurgle gurgles icing invitation lacy lapped leftovers lemonade lotion mustard naturally neighbor's peaceful salami smacked suds sunflowers tablecloth tattletale tweeted wavy yelped