Title - Ellie's Story Author: Cameron, W Bruce Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ellie is a very special dog with a very important purpose. From puppyhood, Ellie has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog. She can track down a lost child in a forest or an injured victim under a fallen building. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1771 4.7 870 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 45 Total # of Words 3092 # of Different Words 721 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2466 79.8% # of Hi freq words 334 46.3% % of Long Sentences 13.4 Low Freq occurs 94 3% # of Low freq words 73 10.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Simple Plot First Person Topics Work Dogs Death Policemen Love Smells *Animals *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words alongside astonishment balcony blurry chasing curious delicious disrespectful elleya fascinating fault feeble figuring frantic furry glimpse grateful grudge harsh heave hoping idiot immediately inching incredible invitation knelt knowing littermates markings mysterious odors opinion pawed pounce pounced praise prickly recognize relieved remarked scrambled section sensed shepherd shuffle smoky soothing spilling springy squash squirmed startled strangely stung swedish sweetness underfoot wander wandered weakness whimper whimpered whimpers whoops wrestle wriggle wriggled yanked yapping yelped yelping yipping