Title - Young George Washington Author: Woods, Andrew Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A simple biography of the man who was in charge of America's army during the Revolution and became the new nation's first president Entertain Biographies/Auto RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 204 2.0 460 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 411 # of Different Words 200 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 206 50.1% # of Hi freq words 72 36% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 31 7.5% # of Low freq words 17 8.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Index Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Topics *History American History US Constitution Presidents Low Frequency Words colonies colonists colony constitution freedom government honor lawrence mount nation's president presidents revolution schoolhouse supplies vernon widow