Title - Esperanza Rising Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico -- she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2875 6.6 1050 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 58 Total # of Words 3143 # of Different Words 1024 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2247 71.5% # of Hi freq words 405 39.6% % of Long Sentences 23.6 Low Freq occurs 257 8.2% # of Low freq words 198 19.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Complex Problem/Solution Simple Plot Difficult names Foreign words Topics Work Mexico/Mexican Challenges *Community Immigration Tolerance *Citizenship & Laws *Feelings, Behaviors Prejudice Relationships Low Frequency Words abuelita abuelita's acres adobe aguántate aguas algán almonds announced anticipated arbors aroma bertina bouquets caeré camisoles campesinos capricious cattlemen cautiously compañero companion confirming congregate conversation corral's courted courtyard crochet crocheting cuádate curved día dedos difficulties disappointed dismissed distinguished distracted dusky echoed edged eldest elegant embroidered encouraging esperanza esperanza's espinas farthest fewer fiesta fitting forlorn formal fruta fully garlic gazing generations glory grasped grasslands graying guarded handkerchief harvest heartbeat hollow honor horizon hortensia hortensia's host hosted households housekeeper's importance inched incline instructions jefe knelt knives knowing ladies landowners lashes laughter linens lopsided mañanitas madre mano marisol massive mesquite meta motor movements mustache mustaches nape needlework neglected neighboring neighbors oaxaca ole opposite ortega paced papi patience patient patronas pearls peppermint philosophical pockets poetry porcelain positions precisely preferred premonition presentation presented president pricked property propriety protectively pulsed quinceañeras quoting ramona rancher razor reaping reina resentment reserved resounding respectable resurrected revolution rinse rodriguez rosas scrambled scythe separated serenaded servants shawl shoomp sierra signaling sixto sleeved smoothed soothed sprawled stables stamping stature stepbrothers stitch stitched stitches strand stubbornly studied superstition surrounded swallowed swept sympathetic tantito tendril thoughtfully thumping tio underfed uneasiness unraveling vaqueros vicious vineyard wandering warned wavy wealthy winery wreath wrinkled younger zapotec