Title - The Hundred Dresses Author: Estes, Eleanor Publisher: Harcourt Brace Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre At the heart of the story is Wanda Petronski, a Polish girl in a Connecticut school who is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn't. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1478 4.3 820 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 57 Total # of Words 1663 # of Different Words 538 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 1143 68.7% # of Hi freq words 227 42.2% % of Long Sentences 19.7 Low Freq occurs 63 3.8% # of Low freq words 52 9.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Headings Features Character traits Character development Complex character relationships Simple Plot Difficult names Topics Inclusion Teasing Bullies Behaviors *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words absence apt askew auburn circulated contrary courteous cruel derisively disgracefully disperse embarrassed exaggerated freedom furthermore gettysburg government gradually heights hoping hopscotch incredulous incredulously inseparable intruders ironed ivy laughter maple mistreated mock nation necktie nudge ordinary peals politeness precarious properly reciting rough sapolio schoolyard scuffling scurry stolidly strewn studied surrounded unison vain velvet wildflowers