Title - The Good Egg Author: John, Jory Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Meet the good egg. He’s a very good egg indeed. But trying to be so good is hard when everyone else is plain ol’ rotten. As the other eggs in the dozen behave badly, the good egg starts to crack from all the pressure of feeling like he has to be perfect. Entertain Persuasive RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 456 2.6 620 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 28 Total # of Words 545 # of Different Words 250 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 323 59.3% # of Hi freq words 97 38.8% % of Long Sentences 1 Low Freq occurs 31 5.7% # of Low freq words 25 10% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple problem/solution First Person Topics Cooperation Self Esteem Behaviors Helping *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words aloha breathed decision earliest egbert exhausted fateful fellow groceries ignored journal literally meanwhile moments peace pressure purpose recycled rescuing scrambled sheldon sugary tantrums wandered whatsoever