Title - What Zookeepers Do Author: Hanna, Jack Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book describes how lots of people work to keep the zoo a nice place for the animals. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 945 3.5 730 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 1792 # of Different Words 609 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1214 67.7% # of Hi freq words 236 38.8% % of Long Sentences 2.1 Low Freq occurs 110 6.1% # of Low freq words 72 11.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Features First Person Topics Zoos Nature Caring/Hugs *Animals Low Frequency Words akanyi akanyi's amur andean aquarium arthropod arthropods binturong binturong's bison candling carries comb commissary condor condors corals crawly currents eaglets enclosure enclosures eucalyptus guide habitat hatched hatching incubating juneau koala leopard leopards lowland maple maureen mesh minirri nursery pachyderm pachyderms penguin penguins perform persian poisonous properly public raking reef rewards rhea rheas rhinoceroses seventh shedding sheri skinned slither springtime stingray stingrays thawed timber trout venom veterinarian veterinary wears weighed wingspan zookeeper's zookeepers