Title - Johnny Tremain Author: Forbes, Esther Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The Year: 1773. The place: Boston. Johnny Tremain is fourteen and apprenticed to a silversmith. He is gifted and lords his skills over the other apprentices, until one day his hand is horribly burned by molten silver. Johnny's dreams of silversmithing are over. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3347 7+ 1100 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 47 Total # of Words 6979 # of Different Words 1634 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 5162 74% # of Hi freq words 612 37.5% % of Long Sentences 12.1 Low Freq occurs 523 7.5% # of Low freq words 409 25% 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 Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Complex Problem/Solution Topics *History Government American History Rebel/Rebellion *Citizenship & Laws Low Frequency Words ability abroad accustomed affection affectionately affluence agape annealing anxious apoplectic apprentice apprentices approached armchairs arrogantly artisan associates autocratic baptized basin basketfuls befitted bellows blandly brackish breeches brew bustle bustling buxom catboat cellar chapel charcoal cheeky cilia cilia's cockerel cometh concerned confident consequence content conventional courtesies craftsman critically criticism criticizing crucible cue curiously curls currants curtsy customary dangling deacon deliberately delicate depressed designed designing destruction determined diamonds dignity diligent dire discipline distinctly divot dorcas doubt dove's dusty's elaborate elegance elegant enchanting enlarging entwined envied escorting esquire evaporated eventually evidently exaggeratedly expound eyed familiar fashionable fashioned fatherless fault feeble fellow fellows fetching fitted flaccid flagon flattered flung flush flushed folk formidable fortune fraction freshness frustrated furnace gadroon garlands genesis genteel gentleman gesturing gig giggling gimme glance glee gnarled goeth graceful grained granaries grateful gratefully graven groping gruel grumbling gulls haired halo halters hancock handsome handsomer haughty hearth heave heavier hoarse hoing honestly hoping horizontally household hovels humble humbly image inaction infernally inherit initials innumerable insult insulting insults intended intricate irritated islands jehu judged kindly l's labor ladies lamentable lamplight landlord lank larning lavinia legged leisurely leviticus lighter lingered lingering lofts lord's lorded lording louse lowed lowly luckier luxuries lyte lyte's ma'am manager mansion mansions mantel maple marrying materials mattress mature maturity meantime mended mildly milked mince mincing miserably mistress mistresses mite mode model modestly monstrous more'n mouthed murmured muttered naturally nature natured naw nervously nested nevertheless nineteenth noddle noted object objections oddly offensive onward oor original out'er overdid overgrown painfully paralyzed parasitic particular pathetic patriots patron patronage patrons pause paused peaceful pearls pellet pellets perspiration pertly petticoat philosophical pinafore pious piped pitying pleading pleasure plentiful pondered poverty prayers preferred prickly prissy property protuberant proverbs quarrel quarreled raising recited related reliable relieved remoteness replica repouss repoussing respected respectfully restored reveled reverie rough roughly rounded rubies ruffled sacred sailors sarcastic sassed satan satisfied sauceboat sausages scalded scarlet scissors searchings seemingly selections sensation servitude shamefully shared silas silversmith silversmith's silversmiths slate sleepier slender slopped sluggards sluts smiths snickered soldering solemnly solitude sorrier soul spared speech spices spindly splayed sprawled sprigged squealed stables stalked starched steeples stout strutting stupidities subdued sulky surging swear swearing swinish sympathized sympathy syrup thieves thirsted threat thrust townsend trample trenchers twas twopence undertake unmade unobtrusively unskilled untempted valuable velvet venerable vinegar voiced voyaging vulgarities waistcoat waisted ware warehouses weakly weakness wealthy weathervanes weighed wharf wharves whine whinnied whisper whitish whity winged wisdom wives workbench workshop worshiped worth writ wry younger youngest