Title - The Tenth Good Thing About Barney Author: Viorst, Judith Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre My cat Barney died this Friday. I was very sad. My mother said we could have a funeral for him, and I should think of ten good things about Barney so I could tell them... Entertain Narrative RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 247 2.1 510 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 25 Total # of Words 812 # of Different Words 255 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 553 68.1% # of Hi freq words 113 44.3% % of Long Sentences 2.3 Low Freq occurs 16 2% # of Low freq words 10 3.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Unconventional punctuation Topics Cats Death Love *Animals *Feelings, Behaviors Pets Low Frequency Words absolutely funeral handsome mouthed orangeade packet pussywillow scarf tuna yanked