Title - Lots of Lice Author: Katz, Bobbi Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A humorous, easy-to-read rhyming book helps youngsters discover what lice are and how to protect themselves from them. Original. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 442 2.6 620 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 16 Total # of Words 606 # of Different Words 286 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 334 55.1% # of Hi freq words 99 34.6% % of Long Sentences 1.2 Low Freq occurs 35 5.8% # of Low freq words 27 9.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Rhyming Topics Bugs *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words capitis community cooperates cooperation cousins crueler cuties glee greeks headphones humanus invade latin lotions louse merrily muss nifty nitpickers oval pediculus plea pto respect specializes spite vacuum