Title - Spider Monkey's Question Author: Harding, Julia Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about Tari the Spider Monkey, who was born asking questions about everything. One day he asks a question only the Namer can answer. Tari and his friend Balam Iguana travel to the other world beyond the forest to ask the Namer how she thought of their names. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 562 2.9 650 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 28 Total # of Words 1109 # of Different Words 379 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 739 66.6% # of Hi freq words 170 44.9% % of Long Sentences 3.3 Low Freq occurs 66 6% # of Low freq words 40 10.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Bold/Italicized Words Additional activities Features Character traits Simple Plot Difficult names Topics Questions *Fictional Ideas/Charac Names Low Frequency Words allergic amazement carries cuckoo curiosity emerged ferns fronds generation glances iguana iguanas impressive incredible jaguar jerking landscape luckily macaw mysteries mysterious namer object patient permission puma rainforest reasons resemble respect reward separate series shone specially tari tari's trek truly worth