Title - Hockey Practice Author: Geddes, Diana Publisher: Kaeden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre An exciting game of hockey is described, as the puck is dropped and the players race across the ice striving to score a goal. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 189 1.9 370 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 11 Total # of Words 132 # of Different Words 68 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 61 46.2% # of Hi freq words 18 26.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 9 6.8% # of Low freq words 4 5.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Some phrases/refrains repeated Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features First Person Topics Teams/Teamwork Winning/Losing Hockey *Movement & Sports Low Frequency Words goalie puck rebound rink