Title - Three Cheers for Tacky Author: Lester, Helen Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Tacky the Penguin competes in an iceberg-wide cheering contest. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 444 2.6 620 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 27 Total # of Words 659 # of Different Words 280 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 362 54.9% # of Hi freq words 110 39.3% % of Long Sentences 9.8 Low Freq occurs 53 8% # of Low freq words 31 11.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Simple Plot Topics Competition Challenges Winning/Losing Mistakes *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words announcement audience blared bravo cooperate goodly hawaiian headless horrified judges muddled nervously onstage patiently penguin penguins perform pompom pompoms practiced practicing properly quivering rah rooty startled sweater tacky teammates waddled yawned