Title - Trucks Author: Stenger, Lisa Publisher: Kaeden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The reader sees many kind of trucks. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1 0.1 10 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 7 Total # of Words 37 # of Different Words 15 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 14 37.8% # of Hi freq words 3 20% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Caption/Simple Opening or Closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features First Person Topics *Transportation Trucks Low Frequency Words