Title - A Catch for Uncle JT Author: Yukish, Joe Publisher: Kaeden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A day with no school is a great day for fishing. Uncle JT will go with Matt. What do they catch? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 234 2.0 490 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 25 Total # of Words 495 # of Different Words 196 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 275 55.6% # of Hi freq words 83 42.3% % of Long Sentences 5.3 Low Freq occurs 5 1% # of Low freq words 4 2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Simple Plot Topics Fish *Movement & Sports Low Frequency Words anchor bobber overnight reel