Title - It's About Time Author: Rockliff, Mara Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about clocks that were used to tell time long ago, as well as clocks used today. Readers will read about shadow clocks, sundials, and candle clocks. Readers will even learn about water clocks and find out how to make one! Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 243 2.1 500 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 22 Total # of Words 408 # of Different Words 167 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 244 59.8% # of Hi freq words 68 40.7% % of Long Sentences 2.7 Low Freq occurs 17 4.2% # of Low freq words 11 6.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Captions Inserts/Side bars Table of Contents Glossary Bold/Italicized Words Headings Additional activities Features Topics Time Clocks *History Low Frequency Words adorn analog cuckoo digital electricity mantles pointer steadily sundial sundials wrists