Title - The Great Big Brain Book Author: Hoffman, Mary Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Your brain is absolutely amazing! They are responsible for absolutely every single thing we do. Every time we breathe, or walk or talk or eat, it’s all because of our brilliant brains! Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 950 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 52 Total # of Words 1974 # of Different Words 625 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 1356 68.7% # of Hi freq words 230 36.8% % of Long Sentences 22.7 Low Freq occurs 108 5.5% # of Low freq words 86 13.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Speech Bubbles Unconventional format Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Formal Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Features Topics Brains *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words abilities affects alien alzheimer's amnesia artificial autism babbling complicated concentrating dada decisions dementia diabetes driverless epilepsy fully function furry future glucose gradually growth halves headaches heartbeat heavier illness imagination injury intelligence interact interests involved involves language lbs level levels lifelike lungs magical medicine memories mention messages miracle movement movements musical neurons nightmares olds organization personalities personality prickly process reasons recharging recognize refreshed regularly respond result results rough scientific scrambled sculptures seizures sensation shred source speech spinal stalk stroll structure sweating tendons terribly theo tongues universe vocal