Title - Hatchet Author: Paulsen, Gary Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother has given him. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1856 4.8 880 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 83 Total # of Words 3491 # of Different Words 808 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 2584 74% # of Hi freq words 321 39.7% % of Long Sentences 24.8 Low Freq occurs 171 4.9% # of Low freq words 126 15.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Features Character traits Integral Setting Flashback Foreshadowing Topics Flight/Flying Accidents *Safety Danger Learning Self Esteem Survival Adventures Airplanes *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words aches altimeter altimeters altitude angle audible bushplane compass complicated constant consuming contracted conversation copilot's cowling cranks currents dashboard designed discomfort divorce eased embarrassed embarrassing emergency engineer equipment extension fabric flickering flown forcefully formal forties glance gratitude grimacing hampton handgrip hatchet heartbeat height hokey hollow hoping horizon horror humor immediately impossibly increased incredibly indicate indicating initial instruments intense jerking jolt jolts judge judges jumble knobs knowing knowledge knuckles lashed lawyers level lightly loosened lurched marriage massive mechanical memories microphone momentarily northern overcome paisley's passenger phrases pressure procedures rectangular rethreaded ridiculous righted rigid riveted robeson scootch security series shallow shrugged sideways slewed sliding spasm specially stages stout straightened stricken studied supplies survival swamps tearing tenderness terms terror thickly thrumming thundering tundra turbulence ultimately unseeing vibration visitation wandering wincing