Title - I Heard The Owl Call My Name Author: Craven, Margaret Publisher: Dell Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A young minister who has two years to live learns about the meaning of life when, sent to live with an Indian tribe in British Columbia, he learns not to fear his impending death. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3805 7+ 1120 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 100 Total # of Words 3467 # of Different Words 1022 Ave Word/.Sent 17 Hi Freq occurs 2549 73.5% # of Hi freq words 399 39% % of Long Sentences 47.2 Low Freq occurs 250 7.2% # of Low freq words 193 18.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Complex character relationships Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Mood/tone Difficult names Foreign words Dialect/Accents Topics Traditions Attitudes Challenges Customs *Community Adaptability Social Skills *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words aboard access according acquaint aft agent ambled ambles anticipation approaching archbishop arrogance await awakened barnacles bearings berths bilge bishop blessed bury cabled calamity cannibal cannibals canoes canon cascaded cassock cedar ceremonial challenge compass coppers counsel culture current deckhand deepening diesel disdain dorsal drowned duds educating elder embers endearing exasperating extension firs flecked fleetly frequently gale galley garrulous gesture gilford glistening government granite grizzly groceries gulls handing hell herd herring highly host's inlets instant intelligence introduced islands jewel khawadelugha kingcome knowing kwakwala kwiss lashing launch leapt legendary legged lest liquor literally logger loggers lowered lund maddened magnificence manage marina masts mewing miracle moderate motor mound murmuring mysteries myth myths nautical newcomers occasional occasionally operative ordinand ordinand's organ outboard pamphrey's parish passage patiently patrol perched poaching portholes potlatch powell precisely pressure quee quelele quoted racks ragged raindrops raven recognize redonda refrigerator refused reject relatives reminiscence retirement rivals salmon searchlight seldom selvage shaft shield shoal slack smoothly softened sought spawn spilt spruce spumy stern stowed straits supplies surely surrounded survey survived swearing szo terrific totem treacherous tribal trousers twentieth tzakamayi underside underwear upcoast vicar vicar's victorian wealth wears what'll wheelhouse whirring whoopszo wince wreathed younger yuculta