Title - Apple Picking Time Author: Slawson, Michele Benoit Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In the rich, warm colors of autumn, here's a slice of American history as we watch Anna and her extended family help with the town's traditional fall apple harvest. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 476 2.6 630 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 22 Total # of Words 1012 # of Different Words 392 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 609 60.2% # of Hi freq words 136 34.7% % of Long Sentences 2 Low Freq occurs 32 3.2% # of Low freq words 28 7.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Features Character traits Present Tense Topics *Plants Autumn Food Gardens/Gardening *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words carries congratulations convent crowed curls cushions echo foreman frosted getup graceful harness harvest housework lanterns loosens napping orchard orchards pickers pickups pours procession quickens quitting radios scarf whirl