Title - Introducing Planet Earth Author: Fraser, Celeste Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read facts pertaining to Earth, including how Earth supports life, how the seasons occur, and how day becomes night. Physical attributes are defined, such as continents, equator, latitude, longitude, and axis tilt. Written as if it is the planet itself presenting the narrative. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 415 2.5 610 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 18 Total # of Words 508 # of Different Words 224 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 283 55.7% # of Hi freq words 75 33.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 36 7.1% # of Low freq words 25 11.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Speech Bubbles Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Glossary Additional activities Features First Person Topics *Space Earth Low Frequency Words antarctica continents equator global grid halves identify introduce january latitude locations longitude luckiest mercury milder nighttime northern rotating seasons sledding solar southern tilted unevenly wobble