Title - Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear Author: Namioka, Lensey Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Everyone in the Yang family is a talented musician except for nine-year-old Yingtao, the youngest Yang. Even after years of violin lessons from his father, Yingtao cannot make beautiful music. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1168 3.9 770 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 50 Total # of Words 1816 # of Different Words 566 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 1238 68.2% # of Hi freq words 242 42.8% % of Long Sentences 16.5 Low Freq occurs 115 6.3% # of Low freq words 71 12.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Cultures Customs Talents *Family & Friends *Music Musical instruments China/Chinese Rhythm Low Frequency Words accent accompany according alternate announced audience borrow bowing cello concerts curves dedicated dedication elder eldest finale giggler handkerchief imagined immediately impress impression instruments ladies language luckily mcdonald mellow musicians mutant mute mutes nervousness orchestra orchestras organized overcome patience permanent philharmonic pianist portion practiced practicing private quartet rhythm sake salary screech seattle shanghai shower sliding sparkling sternest susanna suspected sweating symphony unsteady viola violin violinist violinists violins wobbling yang yangs younger youngest