Title - When the TV Broke Author: Ziefert, Harriet Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When the television breaks, Jeffrey is forced to find fun and imaginative ways to entertain himself. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 162 1.7 200 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 17 Total # of Words 209 # of Different Words 88 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 86 41.1% # of Hi freq words 28 31.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.5% # of Low freq words 1 1.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Some phrases/refrains repeated Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Topics Television Imagination *Feelings, Behaviors *Technology & Progress Low Frequency Words scissors