Title - Shoes Author: Winthrop, Elizabeth Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A survey of the many kinds of shoes in the world concludes that the best of all are the perfect natural shoes that are your feet. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 190 1.9 370 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 23 Total # of Words 153 # of Different Words 87 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 58 37.9% # of Hi freq words 26 29.9% % of Long Sentences 9.1 Low Freq occurs 4 2.6% # of Low freq words 4 4.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Moderate support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Rhyming Unconventional punctuation Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Body Shoes Actions Low Frequency Words chasing lacing sliding toed