Title - Where Have You Been Author: Brown, Margaret Wise Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A poem about the activities of various animals. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 183 1.8 320 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 16 Total # of Words 338 # of Different Words 81 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 139 41.1% # of Hi freq words 21 25.9% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 1.5% # of Low freq words 3 3.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support 2 patterns excl open/close Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Rhyming Unconventional punctuation Topics Whales Actions Fish Questions *Animals Horses Birds Low Frequency Words gale rook whirl