Title - Salt in his Shoes Author: Jordan, Deloris-Roslyn Jordan Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Michael Jordan’s mother and sister team up for this heartwarming and inspirational picture book about faith and hope and how any family working together can help a child make his or her dreams come true. Inform Biographies/Auto RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 585 2.9 660 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 39 Total # of Words 1470 # of Different Words 465 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 968 65.9% # of Hi freq words 196 42.2% % of Long Sentences 7.6 Low Freq occurs 44 3% # of Low freq words 27 5.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Growth/Growing Winning/Losing Self Esteem Patience Basketball Height *Movement & Sports *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words amen approached arced chasing confident determination determined disappointed growth guy's hoping inbounds knocking mamma nowhere opponent's patient patiently practiced practicing prayers raising ronnie sideline stern superstar taunted