Title - A Medieval Feast Author: Aliki Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The king is coming to visit! The lord and lady of Camdenton Manor must work quickly to prepare fo his arrival. It will take weeks to ready rooms, set up tents, and prepare the feast itself. Everyone is busy hunting and hawking, brewing and churning. This will be a feast to remember! Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 938 3.5 730 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 26 Total # of Words 585 # of Different Words 286 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 319 54.5% # of Hi freq words 73 25.5% % of Long Sentences 12.8 Low Freq occurs 67 11.5% # of Low freq words 57 19.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Integral Setting - Historical Difficult names Foreign words Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Preparation Eating *Life Styles Kings/Queens *Home Arts & Food Low Frequency Words announced bishop boar boar's brew capon churned cockentrice destination egerdouce estate fenced hawking herbs heron honored horsemen hosts jesters jugglers knights knives lord's lords manor marzipan minstrels molded pastry peacock preparations provided provisions readied reassembled salads salmon sauces scented scullion sculpture seasoned serfs sewn soups spices spicy squires stews subtletey suckling swan swans swarmed sweetening trenchers trout