Title - Jessica Loves Soccer Author: Slade, Joe Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about a girl who loves to play soccer. One day the young heroine gets the chance to help her older brothers' soccer team, though few of the players believe she is up to the task. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 301 2.2 540 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 21 Total # of Words 508 # of Different Words 202 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 262 51.6% # of Hi freq words 74 36.6% % of Long Sentences 1.5 Low Freq occurs 14 2.8% # of Low freq words 12 5.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Additional activities Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Teams/Teamwork Winning/Losing Boys/Girls Soccer *Movement & Sports Low Frequency Words championship championships determined goalie goalkeeper invisible miserable neighborhood referee spectacular teammates whizzed