Title - Into the Sea
Author: Guiberson, Brenda Z.
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A beautiful, compelling book about the fragile life cycle of the endangered sea turtle. This book follows the life of a sea turtle from its hatching on a beach through its years in the sea, and its return to land where it lays its eggs. Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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1189 3.9 780 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 43 Total # of Words 1351 # of Different Words 478
Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 843 62.4% # of Hi freq words 149 31.2%
% of Long Sentences 20 Low Freq occurs 69 5.1% # of Low freq words 57 11.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Inferences: Some implications
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Colorful, figurative
Sentences: Many Long Complex
Text structure: Story/Poem
Inferences: Some implications
Complexity: Several ideas - closely related
Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental
Features
Integral Setting
Topics
Turtles
Undersea Life
Life Cycle
Amphibians
Animals: Ocean
*Animal Life
Low Frequency Words
barnacles barracuda booby burrow camouflage carries coral current discourages eyed
familiar fertilizes fluke fully glistens gulp gulps hatchling humpback instinctively
leathery ledge lighter marine minnows moonlight mussels nighttime nips nuzzles
plankton protection reef remora ridges sargassum scritch seahorses shallow shimmering
silvery splop starfish strider sunbathe swallows swiftly swirling tangled threadlike
tropical underside underwater wavy whirling windup woven