Title - Call It Courage Author: Sperry, Armstrong Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Mafatu has been afraid of the sea for as long as he can remember. His father is the Great Chief of Hikueru - an island whose seafaring people worship courage. At age fifteen, no longer willing to put up with ridicule, Mafatu decides to take his fate into his own hands. With his dog, Uri, as his companion, he paddles out to sea, ready to face his fears. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2362 5.6 950 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 46 Total # of Words 2773 # of Different Words 909 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1874 67.6% # of Hi freq words 328 36.1% % of Long Sentences 13.8 Low Freq occurs 284 10.2% # of Low freq words 210 23.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot Figurative Language Foreign words Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Overcoming Fears Courage *Life Styles Islands *Habitats/Environments *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words achieved albatross ancients anxiously ara assault atingle atoll awaiting awareness awash barrier beckoned bonitos breadth breast canoes charged christened churn churning circling companion concern conquer contracted coral courage courses coward current currents despairing despite destruction dismal drawn dread dreaded eagerness ease edged effortless envious eternal falter faltered familiar fault fellows fibers fiercely fledgling flung frigate's fury gathering generously glassy glimpse gripped hammering hastily heckling heroes himen honed horizon hovered hunger hurled hurricane husk idly impatiently impending increased indifference inseparable instant intervals islands islet jeered jibes kana kana's knowing knuckles lagoon laughter ledge lightly limping lurked midst millrace missionaries moana mock moonlight moonlit morrow mounted mutter muttered mysterious noiselessly nondescript nui obvious outrigger overboard overcome pacific paddling palms pandanus pareu passage perfection pestering pinnacle polynesians possesses propelled property prove proven purau pursuits recorded reef regularity remembrance resentment revealed scarcely scoff scornful season security seize seized sennit serenely shaft shallows shamed sharkline shoved shrill shrouded silvering skies slack smarting sprang startled steeling stepbrothers stern stirred stomach's stout surf surrounded sustaining sweat swept swordfishes sympathy tapu taut terribly terrifying terror threat thrust thwarts tightened timi traders tupapau unfailing untroubled upright upward urchins urged uri uselessly violence viri voiced voyages wailing wandering wanderings warnings warrior warriors watermark whimpering whir whispers whitened worshiped youth youths