Title - Hot and Cold
Author: Carruthers, Annette
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will learn what types of things are hot and what types of things are cold. People, places, and other things can all be hot or cold. Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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7 0.1 20 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 6 Total # of Words 38 # of Different Words 10
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 18 47.4% # of Hi freq words 3 30%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: High support
Opening and closing text varies
1 pattern excl open/close
2-3 Word changes in a pattern
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Captions/Simple
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Temperature
Low Frequency Words