Title - Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill Author: dePaola, Tomie Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Fin M'Coul's wife, Oonagh, helps him outwit his arch rival, Cucullin. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1218 4.0 780 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 34 Total # of Words 1371 # of Different Words 485 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 932 68% # of Hi freq words 212 43.7% % of Long Sentences 11.4 Low Freq occurs 71 5.2% # of Low freq words 58 12% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Figurative Language Difficult names Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Giants Tricking Fears Danger Fighting Love *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words borrow breadth calmed carries causeway chasin circling comin' coward daylights dearie devil's doubt dumplin emerald fairies folk gettin gigantic glens glutton gobbled goin handing hikin holler hollered honest isle ito kin knitting knockmany knocks lass leapt leprechauns loaves m'coul's moment's neighborhood neighbors olden oonagh outdone peat pleasant prove scotland soothed stirred stout threads thunderbolt waitin windiest workin yowl