Title - Colors in the Desert Author: Canizares, Susan Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Photographs and simple text explore colors in the desert. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1 0.1 10 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 17 Total # of Words 11 # of Different Words 11 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 3 27.3% # 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 Topics Colors Deserts Low Frequency Words