Title - Young Arthur Ashe Author: Dexter, Robin Publisher: Troll Associates Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book is a biography of the African-American tennis champion who died of AIDS in 1993. Entertain Biographies/Auto RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 763 3.2 690 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 844 # of Different Words 347 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 464 55% # of Hi freq words 120 34.6% % of Long Sentences 1 Low Freq occurs 73 8.6% # of Low freq words 50 14.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Character traits Topics Athletes *History Overcoming African Americans Slavery Health Tennis *Movement & Sports Low Frequency Words ability ancestors association championship championships coaching college collegiate concentration courage cure disease freed glory government illness infected infections inspire involved january jeanne lieutenant magazines medicines missouri national neighborhood operation organization playgrounds pneumonia president professional racket retired richmond saddened segregated segregation separate series southern surgery teenagers tournament tournaments virus wimbledon younger