Title - Fire! Fire! Author: Gibbons, Gail Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The alarm sounds. Fire! Fire! Big trucks roll out of the firehouse and race to the scene. Out come the soft hoses and aerial ladders. Whether the fire is in the city or in the country, on the waterfront or in a deep forest, firefighters are on the scene in moments, ready to attack the blaze. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 645 3.0 670 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 23 Total # of Words 989 # of Different Words 339 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 544 55% # of Hi freq words 97 28.6% % of Long Sentences 3.7 Low Freq occurs 76 7.7% # of Low freq words 50 14.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Formal Features Topics Accidents *Safety Fire Helping *Careers Firemen Low Frequency Words aerial beepers blares carries chemicals companies discharge dispatch dispatcher doused electrical emergency engines equipment fireboats firehouses gases hoses hydrant hydrants ignited instantly jumpers jumpsuits lighting loudspeaker moments official parachute patrol pier plume poisonous positions pressure prevention propeller pumper radios rescued rubble separate sirens sizzles smother standpipe supplies volunteer volunteers waterfront