Title - What Comes in a Shell Author: Canizares, Susan Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Photographs and simple text introduce some of the marine animals that live in shells. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 157 1.7 200 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 11 Total # of Words 61 # of Different Words 21 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 26 42.6% # of Hi freq words 4 19% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 7 11.5% # of Low freq words 7 33.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: High support Only 1-4 words per page Opening and closing text varies 2 patterns excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Topics Environment Shelter *Animals Habitat *Animal Life Low Frequency Words barnacle conch lobster mussel oyster pearl scallop