Title - The Candy Corn Contest Author: Giff, Patricia Reilly Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets to keep them all. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 400 2.4 610 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 17 Total # of Words 1157 # of Different Words 389 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 729 63% # of Hi freq words 172 44.2% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 7 0.6% # of Low freq words 7 1.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Character traits Integral Setting Simple problem/solution Topics Teacher/Teaching Competition Inclusion Thanksgiving Friendship Parties *Family & Friends *Schools & Education Numbers Low Frequency Words bridesmaids chalk chalkboard chalky knelt leftover swallowed turkey's