Title - Nacho and Lolita Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In this tender friendship story that will melt your heart, acclaimed storyteller Pam Munoz Ryan and talented newcomer Claudia Rueda reveal that any difference can be overcome with love. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1201 4.0 780 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 35 Total # of Words 1743 # of Different Words 624 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1127 64.7% # of Hi freq words 232 37.2% % of Long Sentences 7.6 Low Freq occurs 155 8.9% # of Low freq words 111 17.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Integral Setting Complex plot Foreign words Topics Differences Determination Love Problem Solving *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words ached acres adobe affection arches arrullo balconies barren belfry bougainvillea brilliance busied californias chapel cliff's concert curious destiny determined dismal distances dollops eaves echoed enthusiasm exhausted familia fantastica fledge flourished fluffing flurry foraging frenzy future gasping gathering glorious golondrinas gripped guarantee guide hallowed haunting heralded hibiscus instructed intrigued juan landscape lolita lolita's lonesome lullaby macho magnificent majestic marshes mesquite migrate miracle mission mustard mysterious nacho's nachos nature noble overflowed pacific palms panicked panorama papayas perch pitacoche pitiful pleaded pleasant plucked poppies practiced preening preparation preparations prophet purpose recognize regal ritual riverbed riverbeds romantic rough serenade skyward speckled splendid splendor stature swallow swallows talons throughout towards trill trumpeted una unable uneasiness whistling