Title - When I am Old with You Author: Johnson, Angela Publisher: Orchard Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A small child imagines a future when he will be old with his Granddaddy and will sit beside him in a rocking chair and talk about everything... Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 354 2.3 580 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 29 Total # of Words 413 # of Different Words 164 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 248 60% # of Hi freq words 59 36% % of Long Sentences 40.7 Low Freq occurs 2 0.5% # of Low freq words 2 1.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Mood/tone First Person Topics Growth/Growing Actions Age/Aging Grandparents *Family & Friends Relationships Low Frequency Words cedar swat