Title - Thank you, Mr. Falker Author: Polacco, Patricia Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1196 3.9 780 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 44 Total # of Words 2316 # of Different Words 640 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1746 75.4% # of Hi freq words 294 45.9% % of Long Sentences 9.7 Low Freq occurs 73 3.2% # of Low freq words 48 7.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Inferences: Some implications Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Simple Plot Topics Teacher/Teaching Teasing Overcoming Learning Self Esteem *Schools & Education Reading Low Frequency Words absolutely announced beh blackboards cafeteria cah curled davy drizzled dumbbell elegant falker fault gramma introduced kindergarten knowledge ladle longed luh magotty michigan miracle neighborhood odyssey paragraph plaid plessy plymouth polacco redheaded schoolteacher shared shown shrugged smartness sounding sponge spooned stairwell stevie sweetness torture trisha trisha's twilight whisper wobbly