Title - Ocean of Color Author: Scollon, Bill Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Dory sees lots of colors in the ocean—from an orange fish to a white whale to a brown otter to a purple sea urchin! Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 146 1.6 190 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 10 Total # of Words 147 # of Different Words 73 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 55 37.4% # of Hi freq words 16 21.9% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 13 8.8% # of Low freq words 9 12.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Difficult names Present Tense Topics Fish *Animals Animals: Ocean Low Frequency Words coral destiny dory kelp loon nemo otter spice urchin