Title - Cats and Kittens Author: Starke, Katherine Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book reveals the wild animal within your domestic cat, with intriguing insights into why cats behave the way they do. Find out how to look after and train your pet, as well as typical aspects of behavior, ideas on things to make and fascinating information about your pet. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1089 3.8 760 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 27 Total # of Words 3665 # of Different Words 759 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2778 75.8% # of Hi freq words 308 40.6% % of Long Sentences 7.8 Low Freq occurs 86 2.3% # of Low freq words 66 8.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Unconventional format Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Captions Headings Features Topics Cats *Animals Pets Low Frequency Words advice aggressive annoyed carrier catmint chirruping crouch crouching diseases disturbed domestic edges egyptians elasticated haired handled healthy identity injections inquisitive kitten's knead ledges leftovers leopards likely lively meows mixtures neutered objects occasionally operation ordinary overnight playhouse poisonous pounce pounces praise provided pupils recognize regularly related rough scent scruffy section separate shallow shelters shower suffocate surfaces swallowed swallows sweater tapeworms tearing teaspoon territory tongues trusts twitches wailing whiskers yogurt