Title - The Princess Plot Author: Boie, Kristen Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Jenna just won the starring role in a movie about a princess--sweet! In the wink of an eye, she's whisked off to the remote, romantic kingdom where the story takes place. But something's amiss: Instead of being on a shoot, suddenly she's being shot at! Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2073 5.1 910 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 79 Total # of Words 3832 # of Different Words 1084 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2938 76.7% # of Hi freq words 481 44.4% % of Long Sentences 10.5 Low Freq occurs 248 6.5% # of Low freq words 197 18.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character development Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Clear cause/effect Complex plot Mood/tone Difficult names Topics Fathers Secrets Princes/Princesses Friendship Kings/Queens *Family & Friends *Global Issues Relationships Low Frequency Words absentminded absolutely accord adolescence alongside anew annoyed apparently approached approve armani assign baroness biggin's blurted bolstrom boulevard brunt carriage cautious cemetery chickenfeed civilized collective complexion condolences congratulations contrast conviction convinced convincing cortege cowdung curse curtains curvy darnation dealing discussion dispersed diversion drawn earnest elegant elegantly encounter encourage estates eventually exhausted expressionless extracting extremely fastened foreign foreigner fourteenth funeral fury generally glance government grading gradually grief grieving guaranteed guardian's guiltily handmade headmaster highness history's hoping horizon hunched image immaculate implications inappropriately incessantly instructed interrupted intimidates islands jenna's jewelry kidnapped kidnapping limits limousine madly malena mast messages messenger ministers miserable misery misgivings mistress mite motionless mourners murmured mustn't muttered national niece norlin norlin's nowhere obeyed occasional official opposite otherwise pace paces passage pigswill pizzaman pleaded plunked private proceeded procession prompt properly public reality reasonable rectangle reddish refused regent regent's relative relatives reliable relieved responding restaurant routine royal rude saarstad salami scandia scowled seaside seasons security servant service severely shedding shield side's simplest situation sorrow startled stiffened stowed straightaway strands streetlamps streetlights strife styled subsoil suits superstitious surely surveillance swear sweetie that'll thoroughly thoughtfully tomb turkish unbearable unbroken understandable undeterred unseeing upright vicinity visible wandering weird whirred wolfed worrier wrinkling