Title - I Am a Star Author: Marzollo, Jean Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Read about the stars and the many shapes they make in the night sky. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 157 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 194 # of Different Words 94 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 97 50% # of Hi freq words 29 30.9% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 8 4.1% # of Low freq words 8 8.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Simple graphics, not necessary to text Some phrases/refrains repeated Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Topics *Space Wishes Stars Flags Low Frequency Words astronomers astronomy constellations dipper's dippers polaris reflects sailors