Title - The Best Teacher in Second Grade Author: Kenah, Katharine Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This heartfelt story shows the difference a good teacher can make in a student’s life! Luna has the best teacher in second grade. Mr. Hopper loves the midnight sky almost as much as Luna does, but the rest of the class isn’t on the same page. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 427 2.5 620 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 22 Total # of Words 820 # of Different Words 319 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 455 55.5% # of Hi freq words 111 34.8% % of Long Sentences 0.9 Low Freq occurs 25 3% # of Low freq words 18 5.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Table of Contents Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Teacher/Teaching Plays *Entertainment & Fun *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words audience constellation constellations ladies luna motorcycles mudlark's nina poem practicing ringmaster shoved sparkling spotlight tightrope trapeze unrolled wands