Title - Turtle Spring Author: Hoban, Lillian Publisher: Dell Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When the turtle family's neighborhood discovers a giant bump in Mrs. Turtle's garden, the family fears that the bump could be a bomb. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 435 2.5 620 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 21 Total # of Words 964 # of Different Words 304 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 588 61% # of Hi freq words 125 41.1% % of Long Sentences 0.7 Low Freq occurs 32 3.3% # of Low freq words 25 8.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Simple Plot Topics Sound/Sounds Feelings/Emotions Spring Seasons Fears *Animals *Animal Life Low Frequency Words borrow catkins chasing chickadee chika eeping flitting gossip hatched heaving interrupt marigolds marsh mayflies neighbor ourselves peeper peepers piped plink plunked rude springtime stirring swarmed