Title - My Friends Author: Vaughan, Marcia Publisher: Celebration Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Patterned - I like to play ___ with ___. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 47 0.9 80 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 10 Total # of Words 58 # of Different Words 25 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 33 56.9% # of Hi freq words 9 36% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 8.6% # of Low freq words 5 20% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Caption/Simple Opening or Closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 2-3 Word changes in a pattern Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Difficult names Topics Games Play/Playing *Movement & Sports *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words juan mario sothie tameo tonya