Title - Sharks Author: Schreiber, Anne Publisher: National Geographic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre He’s quick. He’s silent. He has five rows of deadly teeth. Chomp! Meet the shark—the fish who ruled the deep before dinosaurs roamed the Earth! Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 529 2.8 640 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 29 Total # of Words 947 # of Different Words 357 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 543 57.3% # of Hi freq words 134 37.5% % of Long Sentences 0.8 Low Freq occurs 55 5.8% # of Low freq words 34 9.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Inserts/Side bars Table of Contents Headings Features Integral Setting Topics *Science Fish Food Chain Danger Sharks *Animals Ocean Low Frequency Words cartilage extinct gliding grinding hammerhead jagged lantern leftovers makos megalodon mermaid's model mouthful nailed plankton predators prehistoric purpose purse pygmy reef remoras rough rubbery sandpaper seafloor serrated shallow spiky surfboard surfing whitehead whites wobbegong