Title - Let's Investigate Snakes Author: Gish, Melissa Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Describes various snake species, their life cycles, distinctive characteristics, and benefits to humans. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1406 4.2 810 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 42 Total # of Words 1491 # of Different Words 533 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 873 58.6% # of Hi freq words 162 30.4% % of Long Sentences 25.8 Low Freq occurs 150 10.1% # of Low freq words 116 21.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Formal Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Inserts/Side bars Diagrams Headings Features Topics Snakes Reptiles Nature *Animals Low Frequency Words ability abundant adders amphibians anchors approach boa boas boomslang camouflage carnivorous characteristic chemical chemicals columella concertina constantly coral corpuscles curves delance destruction diamondback disconnect eastern ecdysis ecosystem emerge endangered environment extinction fascinating fatal features fer fewer forked friction fused glands grooved habitat halves highly hollow identify indigo inject jacobson's lanka lens limbless membrane menacing movement movements nature objects observe occurs organ organs oviparous ovoviviparous paralyze particles poisoning poisonous pose potent predator's predators process protection protective python pythons recognizable recognized rectilinear regulate relative rely remarkable reproduction resemble rotated secreted seize sensors shortly slender source southern sri suffocate surfaces survive swallow swallowing threat threatened tissue tongues trait undulation unfortunately unique valuable venom venomous vibrations vipers vision viviparous windpipes