Title - I Am an Apple
Author: Marzollo, Jean
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
It starts with a seed and grows. Apples are delicious and can be used to make many tasty things. This book depicts a bud on an apple tree as it grows into an apple, ripens, is harvested, and provides seeds as a promise for the future. Inform Informational
RDQ
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155 1.6 200 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 9 Total # of Words 167 # of Different Words 91
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 80 47.9% # of Hi freq words 31 34.1%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 1.2% # of Low freq words 2 2.2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
First Person
Topics
Seeds
*Plants
Life Cycle
Nature
Low Frequency Words
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