Title - Daniel's Duck Author: Bulla, Clyde Robert Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Daniel is hurt when others laugh at his wood carving, until he learns that giving people pleasure takes a very special gift, in this gentle tale set in rural Tennessee during pioneer days. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 333 2.3 560 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 15 Total # of Words 1152 # of Different Words 293 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 828 71.9% # of Hi freq words 143 48.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 9 0.8% # of Low freq words 4 1.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Shapes Feelings/Emotions Markets Buying/Selling *Arts & Crafts Low Frequency Words pettigrew pettigrew's sewed tennessee