Title - Manatees Author: Freed, Kira Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Reading A-Z: Manatees are large, gentle sea mammals that have round, barrel-shaped bodies, and pudgy, wrinkled faces. This book describes the various species of manatees, where they live, and their behaviors. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 720 3.1 680 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 23 Total # of Words 990 # of Different Words 416 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 575 58.1% # of Hi freq words 137 32.9% % of Long Sentences 2.1 Low Freq occurs 67 6.8% # of Low freq words 50 12% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Formal Inferences: Some implications Captions Inserts/Side bars Maps/Key Table of Contents Glossary Bold/Italicized Words Headings Additional activities Features Topics *Animals Animals: Endangered Low Frequency Words average bodysurf chemicals degrees educate extinct habitat herds ignore kilograms kilometers lbs lure manatee manatees marine measure migrate migration movement nowadays pei percent pesticides poisonous pollution predators propellers pudgy reasons related relative relatives sailors shallow shar shipwrecked sirenia sirens survival survive temperatures threat threats underwater vegetarians walrus walruses whistles wrinkled