Title - Police Officers
Author: Harding, Julia
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will read about what police officers do, such as keeping people safe, enforcing laws, patrolling the streets, solving crimes, and more. In this book, readers learn about what it takes to become a police officer, what police officers wear, how they get around, and how they help people. Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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280 2.1 530
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 19 Total # of Words 344 # of Different Words 141
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 148 43% # of Hi freq words 42 29.8%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 17 4.9% # of Low freq words 11 7.8%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Complexity: Several ideas - closely related
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
Headings
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Topics
Policemen
*Careers
Low Frequency Words
academies academy injuries motorcycles patrol property situations troopers uniforms waterways
weapons