Title - Fall Leaves Fall Author: Hall, Zoe Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When fall comes, two brothers enjoy catching the falling leaves, stomping on them, kicking them, jumping in piles of them, and using them to make pictures, in a story which includes a description of how leaves change through the year. Entertain RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 133 1.5 170 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 14 Total # of Words 204 # of Different Words 107 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 112 54.9% # of Hi freq words 46 43% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 2% # of Low freq words 3 2.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Present Tense Topics Trees Autumn Seasons Low Frequency Words cider edges season