Title - Mr. Mystery Author: Mackinnon, Mairi Publisher: Usborne Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Parents and children take turns to read from the page (the text clearly marked for who should be reading) and as the books progress in the series the adults read less and less and the child more and more. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 224 2.0 480 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 18 Total # of Words 125 # of Different Words 92 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 60 48% # of Hi freq words 32 34.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 7 5.6% # of Low freq words 7 7.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Rhyming Unusual use of vocabulary Topics *Feelings, Behaviors Performing Low Frequency Words commotion conjure decision faraway occasion performance retire