Title - I Am Super Author: Charlesworth, Liza Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Sam can do many wonderful things. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 51 1.0 90 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 7 Total # of Words 77 # of Different Words 30 Ave Word/.Sent 3 Hi Freq occurs 31 40.3% # of Hi freq words 9 30% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Opening and closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close Patterned but many changes Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Present Tense Topics Self Esteem Behaviors *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words