Title - A Boy Named Boomer Author: Esiason, Boomer Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason describes some childhood memories: Valentine's Day at school, fishing with his father, building a fort, letting frogs loose in his class, Thanksgiving with his grandmother, and the best Chrostmas gift ever, in this book that describes a year in his early life. Entertain Biographies/Auto RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 725 3.2 680 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 27 Total # of Words 2150 # of Different Words 613 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1503 69.9% # of Hi freq words 253 41.3% % of Long Sentences 2.9 Low Freq occurs 73 3.4% # of Low freq words 52 8.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits First Person Topics Sports Practice Family Games Football *Movement & Sports *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words associated boarded college curious drafted editors embarrassed esiason fawny german gilbert groomed halloween happiness honor islip julius junior kicker league mantle maple maryland's mays national necklace neighborhood oval playgrounds professional quarterback reels rooftop rutgers sapling senior shared sincerely sporting stocking stollen suffolk supermarket teammates terrapin terrapins trophy tryouts valuable warren wrecked writers