Title - Tree House Author: Hoenecke, Karen Publisher: Kaeden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Dad builds a tree house. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 41 0.8 80 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 11 Total # of Words 43 # of Different Words 25 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 20 46.5% # of Hi freq words 6 24% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 4.7% # of Low freq words 2 8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: High support Opening or Closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 2-3 Word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Topics Building/Buildings Fathers Tools Low Frequency Words lumber measure