Title - Wintergirls Author: Anderson, Laurie Publisher: Perfect Learning Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Deals with eating disorder, mental illness. Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death as she also struggles with an eating disorder. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3649 7+ 1110 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 43 Total # of Words 3924 # of Different Words 1309 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2926 74.6% # of Hi freq words 528 40.3% % of Long Sentences 9.8 Low Freq occurs 243 6.2% # of Low freq words 213 16.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Required Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Complex implications Complex Problem/Solution Mood/tone First Person Topics Death *Human Body & Health *Family & Friends Mental Illness Relationships Low Frequency Words aide almonds anatomy antiseptic appointment asterisks autopilot autopsy bellied bitch bluberridazzlepop bluberridazzlepops blurred boredom boundaries braked bury butcher buttoning cabinet cavities champagne chucked college commas communicating complicated concert condoms constant contagious conversational counselor crams cranberry cranked crawling crescent curled curses curtains dashboard decision deli depressed dialing discharge discipline disposal domination drawer drooled drowning edges emt encased enchanted engines enrichment escaped essays exhaust existence eyed eyeholes fabric faculty fantasize fault flopping footnotes foundation freshman fuel furious gape genius granola grants gras gristle gritty guidance harvard heavier hell herd hesitates holocaust honors hovered hypnotized inflated influence insists insurance internship issue knotted latin leased liar lungs manic mannequin maple mardi marrigan marshmallow martins med memorizing messages microwave morgue motel motion mound mph mudslide necklaces negative numbed oatmeal option overbrook overdue overscheduled particles patient pauses percent perfection physics pockets pollute porcelain potential pour pours pressure prompts propped prove purpose purse raisin raisins redefine relieved requires rescheduled residency results retrieve rev route salon sats scald scarf sci scritchscratchy scum seasons settlement shards shimmers shortcuts shove shoving shuffles situation slivers slurred slurring soc speakers spewed spine spiral spoonful sprint squiggle standards stepsister stomach's stressed sweatshirt sweatshirts syrup tenure tingles tobacco toxic trig trudges tuition tuning undergrad unforgiving unwashed veins violin wasteland weaving weighed whisper wired witty wrinkles yawns zombie