Title - Your Mother was a Neanderthal Author: Scieszka, Jon Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, where cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1237 4.0 790 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 31 Total # of Words 2919 # of Different Words 887 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2029 69.5% # of Hi freq words 376 42.4% % of Long Sentences 4.5 Low Freq occurs 168 5.8% # of Low freq words 125 14.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Features Simple Plot Difficult names Topics Time *History Low Frequency Words absolutely according adjusted adjusting ancestor ancestors approached archimedes available average bookmaking brainpower calculations calculator calmed cannibals cavegirl cavegirls caveguys chasing civilization clan's communication convinced convincing cue cultures disappearing dramatically echoed embarrassing exhausted extinct fascinating fern ferns figures flexed footed fulcrum future gadget goosebumps haired handprints hiccupped hiccupping hocus imitated impression impressive invisible jos knowledge landscape lever likely magical magician's mathematician meadies megaphone motioned naked neanderthal necklace nervously object obnoxious observe ocus openers ordinary original ourselves paranoid paused peelers pistol pliers pockets pocus pouring prehistoric primitive pushy raggy raising recreate research ridiculous scaly scaring scarves scissors scraggly screech shortstop signaled simplest slingshot spiral strolling superior supplies surrounded swirl swirled taboos terrified thorny trio unbelievably underwear verbal walkman wand warp wavy weapons weird wowed wrinkle yawn yelped