Title - Zebo and the Dirty Planet Author: Fernandes, Kim Publisher: Annick Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Zebo visits a dirty planet. He decides to take home with him two of every kind of animal. He also talks to two children who want to help clean up their planet. Entertain Science Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 357 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 30 Total # of Words 600 # of Different Words 238 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 384 64% # of Hi freq words 107 45% % of Long Sentences 7.6 Low Freq occurs 7 1.2% # of Low freq words 7 2.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot Topics *Space Travel/Traveling Environment Ecology Endangerment *Animals Helping Recycling Low Frequency Words excellent exploring gurgle knob towards wandered whooping