Title - Sharks Author: Gibbons, Gail Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book describes shark behavior and different kinds of sharks. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 733 3.2 690 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 28 Total # of Words 1100 # of Different Words 403 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 673 61.2% # of Hi freq words 141 35% % of Long Sentences 3.6 Low Freq occurs 56 5.1% # of Low freq words 47 11.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Simple graphics, not necessary to text Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Captions Diagrams Features Topics Fish Undersea Life Sharks *Animals Animals: Ocean *Animal Life Low Frequency Words aggressive ampullae authority basking carcharadon cartilage concern denticles electrical electricity fiercest generally guide hammerhead heartbeat heave jagged jewelry lazily likely lobster marvelous material megalodon migrate mistaken movement mysterious notified occasions organs oxygen plankton purses reefs respect sandpaper sensitive shallow sharps stingrays survival thresher underwater urchins vessels whit