Title - The Thanksgiving The Jacks Built Author: Unknown Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about how Thanksgiving is celebrated by an all-American family. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 224 2.0 480 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 84 Total # of Words 404 # of Different Words 54 Ave Word/.Sent 40 Hi Freq occurs 170 42.1% # of Hi freq words 13 24.1% % of Long Sentences 70 Low Freq occurs 14 3.5% # of Low freq words 3 5.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Repeated patterns in cumulative form Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Additional activities Features Topics *Holidays, Events, Cele Low Frequency Words chef's grocer supplied