Title - Barney's Horse Author: Hoff, Syd Publisher: HarperTrophy Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Barney is a street peddler who sells fruits and vegetables while dispensing kindness and horseback rides to the children on his route. Progress brings elevated trains to the area, resulting in Barney's horse running away before everyone adjusts to the changes. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 273 2.1 520 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 17 Total # of Words 471 # of Different Words 196 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 231 49% # of Hi freq words 71 36.2% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 24 5.1% # of Low freq words 14 7.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot Topics Changes Cities *History Markets Food Horses *Life Styles Pets Low Frequency Words clippety curb feller halt ladies muldoon peddler pushcarts runaway screech shovels stable streetcars swished