Title - Tropical Rainforests Author: Simon, Seymour Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Photographs and text showcase some of the plants and animals that are found in the tropical rainforest. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2304 5.5 950 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 46 Total # of Words 1926 # of Different Words 703 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 1171 60.8% # of Hi freq words 220 31.3% % of Long Sentences 27.2 Low Freq occurs 189 9.8% # of Low freq words 144 20.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Technical/Specialized Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Formal Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Features Integral Setting Difficult names Topics Trees *Plants Growth/Growing Rain Forests *Animals *Habitats/Environments Low Frequency Words abilities absorb adaptations advertising affects aliens anaconda arapaima average bellied centipede choruses climate cockatoos columns constrictor curare decaying decisions dioxide downpour droplets effect emergent environment epiphyte epiphytes equator extremely eyed fahrenheit ferns fiction foliage frequent freshwater funnel gibbons global grunting heaviest height humid humidity hyacinthine identify impacted interdependent ironically islands larvae lianas looping macaw macaws malaysia mammal mangos massive medicine medicines miami minerals mini mining multicolored mushrooms neighborhood nightfall nutrients oceangoing orchids pangolin parachutes parakeets paralyze penetrates percent pineapple pinecone piranha piranhas poisonous postman produce products pygmy raindrops rainforest rainforests raising regions related rely retained saplings scaly science scorpions season seymour significant skyscraper slender sloths source southeast southern spices steadily substance suffocates suited surrounded survive swallows swampy swarms tangled tapir tapirs temperate terribly thailand threatened threatening throughout timber toed topical triangular tributaries tropical twilight uncounted understory unhinges variety venom venomous whistling wingspan woody wriggling