Title - Sign Language and Hand Talk Author: Borgo, Lacy Finn Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about the ways people and other animals communicate with their hands. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 355 2.3 580 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 644 # of Different Words 253 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 319 49.5% # of Hi freq words 80 31.6% % of Long Sentences 1.7 Low Freq occurs 27 4.2% # of Low freq words 15 5.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Formal Inferences: Some implications Captions Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Diagrams Table of Contents Glossary Headings Additional activities Features Topics Signing *Communication Deafness Low Frequency Words communicate communicated communication conclusion frenchman gallaudet heather inspiration introduction language league major movements signers umpires