Title - The Cat Ate My Gymsuit Author: Danziger, Paula Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Marcy Lewis is bored by school, resents her tyrannical father, despairs of ever being thin, and is certain that she'll never have a date. Then along comes Ms. Finney, a remarkable teacher with unconventional ways, and things begin to change. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1258 4.0 790 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 31 Total # of Words 1346 # of Different Words 519 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 901 66.9% # of Hi freq words 204 39.3% % of Long Sentences 11.2 Low Freq occurs 86 6.4% # of Low freq words 72 13.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Table of Contents Chapters Features Character traits Character development Complex Problem/Solution Simple Plot Topics Teacher/Teaching Self Esteem *Human Body & Health *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words accidentally acne adolescent anonymous applause assigned assignment attendance ballet bras chalk chested comb communicating communication convinced correcting coughing council counselor earrings effectively eisenhower embarrass faculty finney gonna graceful guidance guilty gymsuit handwriting harmonica heston immediately impending improve indestructible instructions jersey jewelry junior kindergarten legible lounge lousy lowered lunches macrame miserable mousy muttered mysteries necklace ninth noun performance personally poet roethke rumor secaucus sheridan squirm stereo substitutes suggestion that'll turtleneck unwed vulnerable weird