Title - Dolphins Author: Hirschmann, Kris Publisher: Kidhaven Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book describes the physical characteristics, behavior, predators, and life cycle of the dolphin, and in interesting, informative, and well-organized fashion. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1838 4.7 880 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 29 Total # of Words 2728 # of Different Words 812 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 1645 60.3% # of Hi freq words 255 31.4% % of Long Sentences 11.8 Low Freq occurs 241 8.8% # of Low freq words 165 20.3% Subjective Criteria Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Captions Table of Contents Glossary Index Chapters Headings Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Topics Dolphins *Animals Animals: Ocean Low Frequency Words abilities ability acrobatic adapted adjust adulthood aggression australasia breaching calf's calves carries cartilage catapult coastal communicate constantly cooperate coral corkscrews curved degrees dolphin's dominant dorsal dramatically dusky echo echoes echolocate echolocation effortlessly environment equator escaping essential eventually excellent exception factors fahrenheit familiar features flukes fraser's fully function glimpse gobbles gracefully gradually grunts hector's hourglass humanlike identity immediately impressive incredible instance irrawaddy jawbone language lifetimes lobes location manages marine markings mating maturity measure melon midair migrations motions muscle muscular narrows narwhals nature newborn newly nipples northern nudging nuzzling object object's objects occur odontoceti orca organ original oxygen pacific particular partners peacefully pectoral percent perform permanent physical pluck porpoises practices predators preferences pregnant process public purpose randomly recognize relying respond response risso's rotations sacs scientific seasonal sensitive series shallow shorelines situations sleek sliding social somersaults sources southern specific spectacular speech sperm sprouts stunt stunts subgroup surf temperate temperatures territory texture theme throughout tissue toothed torpedo torpedoes translated translation triangular tropical underwater upward vessels visible vision weaned whistles