Title - Zombies Don't Play Soccer Author: Dadey, Debbie - Marcia Thornton Jones Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The Bailey School new soccer coach seems like the woman to help whip them into shape. That is until a strange old lady turns up at one of their practices. After that, Coach Graves has a vacant look in her eyes, mumbles in response to the kids, and moves like she's back from the dead. Entertain Humor RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 733 3.2 690 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 33 Total # of Words 3045 # of Different Words 761 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2035 66.8% # of Hi freq words 331 43.5% % of Long Sentences 2.1 Low Freq occurs 82 2.7% # of Low freq words 57 7.5% Subjective Criteria Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Chapters Headings Features Simple Plot Topics Appearances Soccer Coach/Coaching Zombies Low Frequency Words automatons blurted brutal casting chasing dramatic drowned echoed elementary enchantress fault glared gnarled goofed goofing gulped hollered horror interrupted itis lilac melody's motions muscle muttered ointment peered permanent plodded pouring practicing professional reject rough scraggly season shared sheldon shrugged sideline sidelines sidestepped squealed stringy sweat sweatband sweatshirt teamwork threaten vinegar warned willies wimp worth wrinkled zombie zombies