Title - Dancing Drum Author: Cohlene, Terri Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book retells the Cherokee legend in which Dancing Drum tries to make Grandmother Sun smile on The People again. It also gives a brief description of the history and culture of the Cherokee Indians. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1054 3.7 750 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 79 Total # of Words 1497 # of Different Words 492 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 1041 69.5% # of Hi freq words 195 39.6% % of Long Sentences 14.6 Low Freq occurs 72 4.8% # of Low freq words 60 12.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Features Symbolism Topics Sun *Weather Ghosts Legends Native Americans Low Frequency Words advised alas ancestors announced approached brilliance buckskins circling companions consulted counsel dampened deserving disobeyed drum's embroidered flourished gossiped gourd grieved hastily hollow honored ignored instant kwish lodge mission movements necklaces offend overflowing panther plea refastened rhythm scaly secure secured seventh shaman shaman's shrubs slithered souls sourwood stirrings swiftest tensed threatening throughout transformed tsusgina'i twilight unanswered underbrush unwise vowed wail woodpecker