Title - The Mystery Wind Author: Ryan, Cheryl Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read the story of a little African girl named Taba. One day a mysterious wind comes to grant Taba a wish. Taba uses this wish to help improve the lives of the people in her village. Her unselfishness inspires the mystery wind to continue to grant her more wishes. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 518 2.7 640 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 21 Total # of Words 861 # of Different Words 330 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 542 63% # of Hi freq words 120 36.4% % of Long Sentences 2.4 Low Freq occurs 42 4.9% # of Low freq words 24 7.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Headings Additional activities Features Topics Wishes Wind Helping *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words charity ease fulfill grant granted happier happiest imagination invisible laughter paused pondered presence reflecting ridiculous startled swirled taba taba's throughout togo villager villagers whistling