Title - Weird Sea Creatures Author: Marsh, Laura Publisher: National Geographic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Did you know that the deep-sea anglerfish has a glowing rod attached to its body, or that the barreleye fish has a see-through head? Kids reading independently can explore more strange sea creatures in this National Geographic Kids Level 2 Reader. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 635 3.0 670 Amazon 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 24 Total # of Words 1101 # of Different Words 384 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 667 60.6% # of Hi freq words 125 32.6% % of Long Sentences 1.5 Low Freq occurs 61 5.5% # of Low freq words 38 9.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inserts/Side bars Table of Contents Headings Features Topics Appearances Fish Food Chain Hiding *Animals Ocean Low Frequency Words anemone bioluminescence camouflage controlled coral curls depth diagonal features finders illustration liquid lure moray mussel pacific patches predator predators pressure scuba shallow shown snorkeling spiky starfish stonefish stung submersible submersibles suits survival tentacle tentacles underwater venom wacky weird