Title - Elephants Author: Freed, Kira Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about elephants, which are the largest land animals. Readers will learn about elephants - bodies, their diet, and their families. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 489 2.7 630 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 27 Total # of Words 708 # of Different Words 301 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 416 58.8% # of Hi freq words 109 36.2% % of Long Sentences 5.4 Low Freq occurs 23 3.2% # of Low freq words 19 6.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Captions Table of Contents Glossary Index Bold/Italicized Words Headings Additional activities Features First Person Present Tense Topics Elephants *Animals Low Frequency Words calves endangered herbivores herd incredibly ivory jewelry likely matriarch minerals objects relatives routes sensitive shower showers snorkel teenagers wrinkled