Title - Me ... Jane Author: McDonnell, Patrick Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In his characteristic heartwarming style, McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee, Jubilee. With anecdotes from Goodall’s autobiography, McDonnell makes this true story accessible for the very young - and young at heart. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 663 3.1 670 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 50 Total # of Words 710 # of Different Words 353 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 417 58.7% # of Hi freq words 128 36.3% % of Long Sentences 35.6 Low Freq occurs 66 9.3% # of Low freq words 54 15.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Features Topics Environment Monkeys *Habitats/Environments *Animal Life Low Frequency Words adventurous anthropologist awareness chasing cherished conservation continual coop countless curious educate empower encourage encouraged environment environmental gombe goodall impact inspiration institution involved jubilee jungles leakey magical miracle motivated national observations observed operates organization plight positive prayers preschoolers pursue raising ranging recycling remarkable requires reread reserve results scheme social source studied studies tanzania tarzan wildlife