Title - A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin Author: Adler, David A. Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Here are fascinating particulars of the life of Benjamin Franklin, the great American statesman, inventor, scientist, writer, and printer. Entertain Biographies/Auto RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 743 3.2 690 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 852 # of Different Words 353 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 449 52.7% # of Hi freq words 104 29.5% % of Long Sentences 3.9 Low Freq occurs 88 10.3% # of Low freq words 69 19.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Formal Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Topics People Innovation *History Independence Low Frequency Words advisors almanack articles autobiography bifocal calendar colonies colonists commons congress constitution constitutional continental convention deborah declaration delaware delegate dogood electricity errands excellent freedom fuel gazette handwriting haste healthy honor honored independence inventing inventor january jersey lending maryland massachusetts mistress official peace pennsylvania philadelphia philadelphia's poetry postmaster proved public published recipes refused retired revolution richard's rung sayings scientist service shelves slavery sparkes statesman thunderstorm treaty wealthy weapons writer youngest