Title - Rudy Garcia Tolson Author: Weil, Ann Publisher: McGraw-Hill Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Rudy Garcia-Tolson (born September 14, 1988) is a Paralympic swimmer, runner and triathlete from the USA. Riverside, California, U.S. He was born with popliteal pterygium syndrome, resulting in a club foot, webbed fingers on both hands, a cleft lip and palate and the inability to straighten his legs. Entertain Biographies/Auto RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 404 2.5 610 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 14 Total # of Words 673 # of Different Words 255 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 336 49.9% # of Hi freq words 80 31.4% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 33 4.9% # of Low freq words 20 7.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Character traits Topics Challenges Racing Overcoming Swimming Handicaps *Movement & Sports *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words challenges challenging championships garcia healthful heroes inspires ironman medal medals pacific para paralympic perform phrase practiced racers triathlon triathlons youngest