Title - My Father Author: Mayer, Laura Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A child relates the story about how her father became a citizen of the United States. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 240 2.0 500 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 17 Total # of Words 194 # of Different Words 89 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 101 52.1% # of Hi freq words 31 34.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 9 4.6% # of Low freq words 5 5.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Inferences: Some implications Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Character traits Topics Fathers *Community Citizenship *Citizenship & Laws *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words citizen government liberty oath statue