Title - I Am a Jedi Author: Jinn, Qui-Gon Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre My name is Qui-Gon Jinn. I am a Jedi. The Jedi are guardians of peace in the universe. We draw our strength from a mysterious power called the Force. I would be honored to tell you more in this storybook all about the Jedi Knights. Entertain Science Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 669 3.1 670 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 42 Total # of Words 803 # of Different Words 282 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 402 50.1% # of Hi freq words 90 31.9% % of Long Sentences 4.1 Low Freq occurs 113 14.1% # of Low freq words 53 18.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Captions Inserts/Side bars Concept: Fanciful Bold/Italicized Words Headings Features Integral Setting - Futuristic Difficult names Topics *Space Aliens *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words apprentice bidding council council's darth decisions droids federation force's formas galaxy generations hatred improve jedi jedi's kenobi knight knights knowledge lightsaber mace mastery maul mysterious naboo neimoidians newcomer newcomers obi objects padawan padawans peace podracing promote qui reflexes respect respected sensitive sidious sith skywalker source tatooine universe wage wan warrior windu wisdom yoda