Title - Tornadoes! Author: Hopping, Lorraine Jean Publisher: Cartwheel Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Describes the work of two people who study tornadoes in the Midwest by discovering and following them. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1010 3.6 740 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 34 Total # of Words 1667 # of Different Words 582 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1000 60% # of Hi freq words 205 35.2% % of Long Sentences 4 Low Freq occurs 72 4.3% # of Low freq words 45 7.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Chapters Features Character traits Clear cause/effect Topics *Weather Wind Danger Nature Tornadoes Low Frequency Words average brewing chasing filmed filming funnel hailstorm laboratory lawnmower likely luckily marshall massachusetts masses mattress meanwhile missile missouri mowed mushroom national northeast object objects occurs plains plucked radar recent reddish related route scientist severe slithering smacked southeast southwest thunderstorms tornado tornadoes unknown warn windshield wobbly