Title - A Smiling Salad Author: Smith, Michael K. Publisher: Steck-Vaughn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre How to make a smiling salad. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 40 0.8 80 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 5 Total # of Words 32 # of Different Words 26 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 4 12.5% # of Hi freq words 3 11.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Moderate support One line text Opening or Closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 2-3 Word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Topics Food How-To *Home Arts & Food Low Frequency Words