Title - City Places
Author: Jensen, Ned
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will learn about various places typically found in a city, such as a park, a zoo, a store, and a skyscraper, and what people do in those places. Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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78 1.1 120 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 11 Total # of Words 118 # of Different Words 47
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 61 51.7% # of Hi freq words 15 31.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 1.7% # of Low freq words 2 4.3%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Cities
*Community
*Life Styles
*Habitats/Environments
Low Frequency Words
skyscraper stadium