Title - Who Would Win Ultimate Bug Rumble Author: Pallotta, Jerry Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts 16 ferocious insects. Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling animals before finally discovering the winner! Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1179 3.9 780 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 22 Total # of Words 2526 # of Different Words 681 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1405 55.6% # of Hi freq words 227 33.3% % of Long Sentences 0.9 Low Freq occurs 191 7.6% # of Low freq words 116 17% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Unconventional format Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Captions Inserts/Side bars Concept: Fanciful Headings Features Topics Butterflies Challenges Fighting Bugs Insects Low Frequency Words abdomen acceptable aggressive airborne airpower ambush annoyed antennae appendages arachnids assassin bonus bracketed centipede centipedes championship cicada cicadas competition contestant coughs crossbreed deadliest deathstalker designed dragonflies dragonfly's elimination environment european exoskeleton exterior fatal finals firepower flexible fossilized grasp harvestmen heavily hind hornet's hover hybrid ignores immature injects invertebrates kingdom kneeling larva larval legged longlegs maneuver mantis millipedes molting multi multiple neighborhood nickname oncoming opportunity outmaneuvers overlap overpowering palps pincers pounces predator proved pursues recognize reflexes refuses scientific scorpion scorpion's scorpions segment semifinal shedding shiftiness shingles similar sixteenth snatch soaring spiky stinger stingers strategy survive swarm tarantula tarantula's tarantulas thorax tournament triangle tropics ultimate update venom venomous versus via vibration vision wasp weapons widow woolly wooly worship