Title - The Plot Chickens Author: Auch, Mary Jane and Herm Publisher: Holiday House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Henrietta loves to read. When she clucks buk, buk, buk at the library, the librarian knows exactly what to recommend. Then Henrietta decides to write a book. With the help of her three aunties, she hatches a plot. But when Henrietta publishes her story, the critics say she's laid an egg! Is this the end of Henrietta's career as an author? Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 567 2.9 650 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 20 Total # of Words 911 # of Different Words 378 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 540 59.3% # of Hi freq words 150 39.7% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 60 6.6% # of Low freq words 38 10.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Speech Bubbles Unconventional format Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Writing Storytelling Attitudes *Language Arts Reading Low Frequency Words bile cider courage cyan cyberspace delicious devastated dramatic ecstasy editor embarrassed excitedly exhilarating frustrated gizzard golda icky impressed librarian lungs lyke magenta maxine maxine's odoriferous perils plunged publish publisher qualified rejection review reviewed revise shelves vowed wolfed wolfy