Title - Whales Author: Moors, Vic Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about whales in this factual text with beautiful photos. Readers will learn about types of whales, feeding habits, sounds, reproduction, and migration. The author points out that many whales are endangered and in need of our respect and protection. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 772 3.2 690 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 19 Total # of Words 1102 # of Different Words 400 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 635 57.6% # of Hi freq words 126 31.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 79 7.2% # of Low freq words 61 15.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Formal Inferences: Some implications Captions Diagrams Table of Contents Glossary Headings Additional activities Features Topics Whales Nature Animals: Ocean Low Frequency Words buoyant centimeters characteristics chemicals comb communication comparison consist constant cooperate cooperation cosmetics curtain decibels degrees distances echoes evidence extinction fahrenheit freshwater glands gulp gulps improved increasing interfering introduction kilometers levels lighter liters locate lungs material measured method migrate narwhal objects orca oxygen poisoned pollution porpoises produce regions reproduce result saltwater scarce source sperm swallow swallowed swallows threatened threatening toothed toxic tropical units