Title - A Cowgirl and Her Horse Author: Adams, Jean Ekman Publisher: Rio Chico Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre There are so many things a cowgirl has to do for her horse. It's hard to keep them all straight! But this cowgirl has what it takes. Entertain Expository RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 161 1.7 200 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 24 Total # of Words 201 # of Different Words 106 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 111 55.2% # of Hi freq words 33 31.1% % of Long Sentences 21.4 Low Freq occurs 2 1% # of Low freq words 2 1.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Simple problem/solution Present Tense Topics *Animals Horses Pets Low Frequency Words comb sizzles