Title - The Tortoise and the Eagle Author: Jones, Rob Lloyd Publisher: Usborne Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When the tortoise sees an eagle flying through the sky it gets jealous and tries to find a way to fly itself. Entertain Fables RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 146 1.6 190 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 18 Total # of Words 244 # of Different Words 110 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 146 59.8% # of Hi freq words 48 43.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 2% # of Low freq words 1 0.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Speech Bubbles Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Clear cause/effect Topics Attitudes *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words tortoise