Title - Tree Can Be Author: Nayer, Judy Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Children play in and around a tree. The tree is also a home for some birds and animals. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 61 1.0 100 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 27 Total # of Words 70 # of Different Words 27 Ave Word/.Sent 23 Hi Freq occurs 35 50% # of Hi freq words 7 25.9% % of Long Sentences 100 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Moderate support Opening and closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close Patterned but many changes Vocabulary: Easy Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics Trees *Plants *Animals Habitat *Animal Life Low Frequency Words