Title - Making Salsa
Author: Kalisch, Ava G.
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Reading A-Z: What do you need to make salsa? In Making Salsa, a boy shows all the ingredients and the steps to follow to make a delicious salsa. At the end, the boy and his mom enjoy what he made. Entertain Procedural
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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44 0.8 80 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 5 Total # of Words 39 # of Different Words 20
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 18 46.2% # of Hi freq words 5 25%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 10.3% # of Low freq words 3 15%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Cooking
*Home Arts & Food
Low Frequency Words
cilantro onion salsa