Title - I Am Fire
Author: Marzollo, Jean
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
An early reader on the benefits of fire and fire safety explains how fire is used for such good purposes as cooking and lighting up birthday cake but cautions youngsters about the dangers of fire. Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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159 1.7 200 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 12 Total # of Words 166 # of Different Words 95
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 72 43.4% # of Hi freq words 29 30.5%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 0.6% # of Low freq words 1 1.1%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Second Person
Topics
*Safety
Danger
Fire
Low Frequency Words
smother