Title - Crossing the Delaware: A History in Many Voices Author: Peacock, Louise Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre To some of us, the American Revolution might be little more than a dusty old piece of American history. But what would our lives -- our country and world -- be like if the American Revolution had ended practically before it had even begun? Entertain Diary/Journal/Letters RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1466 4.3 820 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 38 Total # of Words 1592 # of Different Words 596 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 1066 67% # of Hi freq words 225 37.8% % of Long Sentences 16.5 Low Freq occurs 126 7.9% # of Low freq words 104 17.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Inferences: Several Implications Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Integral Setting - Historical Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Mood/tone Theme First Person Topics Temperature *Weather Winter *History Overcoming War Independence Heroes America/ns American History Patriotism Low Frequency Words accomplished amongst augustine campaign cloathing colonel colonies continental convinced counsel cowards crisis decision decisions delaware despair determined diary difficulties discouraged disfigured disguise diurnal doubt encamped engagement enlistments enoch expedition expire expired extricate fatiguing favorable fellow fellows folk foraging fortnight fortunate freedom general general's germany governor hastening healthy hence hessian hessians inclement january jersey journal loaned merchants merrick millstone movement mow mustered opportunity oppose passaic peale pennsylvania perplexity personal philadelphia plains prevailed professional quartered rahway raritan rebellion recognize recollections recruit redcoat reflect regiments repeatedly retreat retreating retrieve revolution revolutionary satisfied season sentiments sentries situation smiths staff staggered strain'd supplied traitors trenton untrained volunteers warfare willson