Title - Lyddie Author: Paterson, Katherine Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When ten-year-old Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family farm's debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2161 5.2 920 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 48 Total # of Words 2910 # of Different Words 955 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 2085 71.6% # of Hi freq words 378 39.6% % of Long Sentences 18.3 Low Freq occurs 212 7.3% # of Low freq words 175 18.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Complex Problem/Solution Mood/tone Topics Work *History Independence Chores *Family & Friends Responsibility Low Frequency Words abolitionists absolutely abundance accustomed ached acknowledge adequate adversary ajar anticipation anxious anxiously approve barrow beholden briars calves calving charity cheerily chera churn churning contradicting craziness curls currant curve determination dets devour dislodge doubled drawn dreaded echoed eke embarrassed fault feelds fer fetched flail forbade general gingerly git glance glared gonna grasp growth harvest hearth heathens heifer hind hinges hoping household idle inched inserted judah judah's kerchief knelt laughter lent likely loped lv lyddie lyddie's manage maples massive mattress mattresses meager meentime mentioned mightily minded miracles miscarried momentarily murmured mustn't necessity needn't neighbors nonetheless nourishment oatmeal obeyed overturned painfully paschur peculiar plainly plaits plastered pleaded postage pottery poultney preserve primitive propped provisions prowls quaker racket radical ragged rascal reared rejoicing reluctantly repay rough rungs rustling scarce shaft shafts shopkeeper's shrill shudder sidesaddle smacked snatched somewhat source sow specter squealing startled stevenses stil stirring stomachs streaked stunned sugarers surely swallowed sweat syrup tavern tentatively thaws thrust townsfolk township's trivial trousseau tweak unblinking uncertainly underbrush upended urged vain warbled weera wescott whimper whirled wisps worthen wrestled wuns yank yit yr