Title - Dive! A Book of Deep Sea Creatures Author: Berger, Melvin Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book uses a submarine trip and amazing photos from the bottom of the sea to introduce various deep-sea creatures, including the angler fish, octopus, and sperm whale. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 748 3.2 690 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 36 Total # of Words 1631 # of Different Words 513 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1052 64.5% # of Hi freq words 192 37.4% % of Long Sentences 1.6 Low Freq occurs 72 4.4% # of Low freq words 34 6.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Formal Features Topics Fish Undersea Life Nature *Animals Animals: Ocean Ocean Low Frequency Words aboard angler bacteria chemicals dangle fashioned fewer gigantic gulp gulps hatchet heavier height lungs material octopuses ooze sailor smokers snatches sperm stomachs submarine swallow swallower swallows taillight tangle tow tripod tubeworms underwater viper weird