Title - Surprises Author: Hopkins, Lee Bennett - Misc Poets Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre These thirty-eight poems offer beginning readers a chance to try some verse. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1184 3.9 780 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 62 Total # of Words 1245 # of Different Words 511 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 837 67.2% # of Hi freq words 199 38.9% % of Long Sentences 25.3 Low Freq occurs 38 3.1% # of Low freq words 34 6.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Unconventional format Some phrases/refrains repeated Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Concept: Fanciful Features Figurative Language First Person Rhyming Unconventional punctuation Metaphors Topics *Transportation *Weather Clouds Airplanes Night Pets Low Frequency Words cheerily dancy downpour droning freckles honeybees image keepsakes koven marshmallow mushrooms nighttime ourselves pane peaceful peppered piloting rascal showers silvery siren sleet soar spice syrup taxis thinkin tuna untitled velvet wasps whiffing whiteness wonders