Title - Soccer Cousins Author: Marzollo, Jean Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When David visits his cousin in Mexico, he not only celebrates the Day of the Dead, but he also plays a big part in Miguel's soccer tournament. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1007 3.6 740 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 20 Total # of Words 2425 # of Different Words 621 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 1594 65.7% # of Hi freq words 273 44% % of Long Sentences 0.5 Low Freq occurs 104 4.3% # of Low freq words 57 9.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Foreign words Topics Sports Death Ghosts Winning/Losing Sportsmanship Grandparents Low Frequency Words águilas abuelita abuelito abuelito's alter attendant bien bueno candies cemetery contributed cougars courtyard cousin's delicious drawer earrings embarrassed excellent finals guarded halftime halloween hola honor ignored imagined injured league medal medals mercado midfield nightmare papá passport peaceful photograph practiced pumas referees relatives replayed sí semifinal semifinals splendid sprained tío tamales tiburones tortillas tournament translated trophies trophy vamos