Title - Emergency Author: Lichtenheld, Tom Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre It s an E-mergency! The letter E has fallen down the stairs and ended up in the hospital. Now the only way to get her back on her feet is for everyone to stop using her. But who will substitute for E? Entertain Humor RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 380 2.4 600 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 18 Total # of Words 193 # of Different Words 130 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 98 50.8% # of Hi freq words 44 33.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 12 6.2% # of Low freq words 12 9.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Unconventional format Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Concept: Fanciful Features Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Alphabet Spelling *Language Arts Low Frequency Words ambulance announcement assembled exclamation exited government perform porson results sho stoppod tho