Title - A Walk in the Rainforest Author: Pratt, Kristin Joy Publisher: Dawn Publications Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Following XYZ the Ant, young readers walk through the alphabet and engage in fun alliterations about the amazing anteater, majestic macaw, and quiet quetzal along with the other inhabitants they encounter in the rainforest. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2189 5.3 930 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 31 Total # of Words 2379 # of Different Words 782 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 1506 63.3% # of Hi freq words 261 33.4% % of Long Sentences 18.1 Low Freq occurs 288 12.1% # of Low freq words 192 24.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Formal Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Many different ideas Features Integral Setting Alliteration Topics *Plants Alphabet Rain Forests *Animals *Habitats/Environments Low Frequency Words abundant adapted agile algae amazingly basking biologists blowgun boa boulders bromeliads bulging bulgy buttress camouflage camouflaged camouflaging canopies climate colony comely contributed convenient dappled debris delicacies delicious destruction devour disappearing distribute diversity dragonflies dragonfly's drainage drooping dulled earliest eastern elaborate elegant emerald emeralds endangered environment epiphytes eventually excellent extinct extraordinary extremely eyed fantastically feathery fern ferns flavorful flowering fortunately fungus gatherers generally generations grasp grey growth habitat harmony hatches hazardous hover humid ideally identify iguana iguanas intricate intriguing jaguar jaguars jewels jumbo jungles kapok keel kingly knuckles larvae legion liana liven macaw macaws majestic malaysian mandibles manufacturer military mosquitoes movement mushrooms natives nature nectar nesting nomadic northern observant obtains occasional ocelot ocelot's orchid orchids overhang panama passion peacefully petite pigeon plentiful pockets poisonous pollinate pollution precious predator predators prehensile primarily process produce projects provides pulp quetzal radiant rainforest rainforests rainwater ravishing recognize reserves resplendent retreat rica rubies sapphires scissor season sections seventy shimmer shower shrinking sippers sipping slender slithering sloths squash stages suction suited survive suspended swiftly termite termites terrific threat threatened thrive thumbnail tongues toothless toucan tribal tropical truly understory undisturbed undulating unfortunately unrelated urania vanilla variety vibrant vision wingspan wonderfully