Title - I am Abraham Lincoln Author: Meltzer, Brad Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The story of one of America’s icons in an entertaining, conversational way that works well for the youngest children, those who aren’t quite ready for the Who Was series Entertain Narrative RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 476 2.6 630 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 35 Total # of Words 1061 # of Different Words 443 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 730 68.8% # of Hi freq words 193 43.6% % of Long Sentences 3.9 Low Freq occurs 44 4.1% # of Low freq words 39 8.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Speech Bubbles Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical First Person Topics Books *History War Honesty Slavery Presidents Low Frequency Words aesop's calmly chained chalk challenged clary's dedicated elections essays freed freedom gettysburg gonna government grove haunted illinois injustice neighborhood otherwise pennsylvania positions practiced preferred president proved reenergize result reveal robinson slavery speech surrounded terribly toll wanna what'd would've wrestling