Title - Skunks Author: Swanson, Diane Publisher: Whitecap Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Skunks are known to make a big stink and they can spray a long way - up to 5 metres (16 feet)! But most skunks just want to live quiet lives and avoid trouble. They hunt mainly at night and love to eat insects, including beetles, crickets and even wasps. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 928 3.5 730 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 26 Total # of Words 2416 # of Different Words 787 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 1582 65.5% # of Hi freq words 303 38.5% % of Long Sentences 6.2 Low Freq occurs 105 4.3% # of Low freq words 86 10.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Captions Inserts/Side bars Headings Features Topics Nature *Animals Habitat Low Frequency Words accurate alien aliens arches arching burrow campsites chemicals conditioning coyotes curling curve curved distances drainage emergency escaped frightening furry glands gobbled grunt handsome handstand helpless hoglike hognosed hollow hooded hunger intruder kilometres level markings marshmallows metres millilitres mountaintops mouselike musky nipple nipples nosed odors openings particularly perfume pounces pouncing produces provides regions respect roommates salads scarier scats scrambling season shuffle skinned slashes southern squirmed stamping startled stiffly survive teaspoon threat threatens unhurt voles waddles waking wander warn warnings wasp wasps wavy weasel wildlife wriggle wrinkled yanked