Title - Weird Parents Author: Wood, Audrey Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A boy must contend with his weird parents--a mother who puts a hard-boiled egg with rabbit ears and whiskers in his lunchbox and a father who asks the boy to imitate a chicken in public. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 417 2.5 610 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 25 Total # of Words 412 # of Different Words 198 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 217 52.7% # of Hi freq words 74 37.4% % of Long Sentences 13.9 Low Freq occurs 9 2.2% # of Low freq words 5 2.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Topics Behaviors *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Parents Low Frequency Words combed dreaded parcheesi railing weird