Title - Along Sandy Trails Author: Clark, Ann Nolan Publisher: Viking Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A Papago Indian girl and her grandmother go for a walk and observe plants and animals of the Arizona desert. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1846 4.8 880 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 56 Total # of Words 1136 # of Different Words 451 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 675 59.4% # of Hi freq words 159 35.3% % of Long Sentences 13.8 Low Freq occurs 67 5.9% # of Low freq words 54 12% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Archaic, Poetic,... Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Character traits Integral Setting Symbolism First Person Foreign words Metaphors Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Teacher/Teaching Deserts *Animals Grandparents Habitat Native Americans Birds Low Frequency Words cacti cholla covey coveys creosote duster elegantly gila guarding hae hatched haunches hedgehog hunger je knowing lavender lightly mantilla mesquite murmer newly nighttime octillo oit paloverde papago patches penciled pincushion pleated plumes prickly quail's quoit ridges ripen roadrunner scarlet soars stark starlight thicket thorny thread topknots torches westward whispers withers woet woodpecker woven wrens