Title - The Couch Potato Author: John, Jory Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The Couch Potato has everything within reach and doesn't have to move from the sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes out, Couch Potato is forced to peel away from the comforts of the living room and venture outside. Could fresh air and sunshine possibly be better than the views on screen? Entertain Expository RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 479 2.6 630 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 29 Total # of Words 851 # of Different Words 356 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 565 66.4% # of Hi freq words 143 40.2% % of Long Sentences 3.2 Low Freq occurs 44 5.2% # of Low freq words 40 11.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Features Character traits First Person Present Tense Topics Behaviors Choices Habits *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words absolute activates amusing comfy curtains curved decision desktop entertaining eventually featured fetches gadget gadgets happier horizon impressed kingdom knob lever massive messages neighborhood option outage react reflection resolution revealed ringtone shimmering slouch spectacular spuddies stillness unanswered vivid wandered whoops whump