Title - Tiger Eyes Author: Blume, Judy Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre After Davey's father is killed in a holdup, she must find the strength to carry on with her life and conquer her fear. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1962 4.9 890 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 53 Total # of Words 1719 # of Different Words 632 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1232 71.7% # of Hi freq words 265 41.9% % of Long Sentences 9.3 Low Freq occurs 89 5.2% # of Low freq words 70 11.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Required Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot First Person Topics Feelings/Emotions Overcoming Death *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words adidas article assailant assailants assumes atom borrow carries cemetery chemistry college concentrate contributions davey degrees dissected drawer drawn escaped frightening funeral gagging gasping genetics glance glancing graduate gravesite gwendolyn headline hugh impatient junior knuckles labeled lapping lenaya lieu lipton lowered lungs midst minka murdered neighbor neighbors organ ovaries parted peaceful physicist physics pruney recite robbery rummage scholarship selected shading shrill survived sweat tearing trickling tuna unknown wexler whisper wrinkled yawns