Title - Maria Joins the Team Author: Higgins, Kitty Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In this story, Maria is excited about joining a baseball team until she discovers that her friend's birthday party conflicts with a baseball game. Will she let down her team or her friend? Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 153 1.6 190 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 13 Total # of Words 181 # of Different Words 91 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 79 43.6% # of Hi freq words 31 34.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 1.1% # of Low freq words 2 2.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Topics Teams/Teamwork *Feelings, Behaviors Responsibility Low Frequency Words shortstop wears