Title - Check It Out Author: Kleinhenz, Sydnie Meltzer Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The bus must be checked for safety. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1 0.1 10 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 4 Total # of Words 24 # of Different Words 11 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 12 50% # of Hi freq words 3 27.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Caption/Simple Only 1-4 words per page Opening or Closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Present Tense Topics *Transportation Buses Low Frequency Words