Title - My Great-Aunt Arizona Author: Houston, Gloria Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Arizona was born in a log cabin her papa built. She grew into a tall girl who liked to sing, square-dance, and -- most of all -- read and dream of the faraway places she would visit one day. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 631 3.0 670 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 63 Total # of Words 958 # of Different Words 314 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 570 59.5% # of Hi freq words 104 33.1% % of Long Sentences 13.5 Low Freq occurs 32 3.3% # of Low freq words 20 6.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Topics Teacher/Teaching *Careers Low Frequency Words biscuits cavalry chalkboards faraway galax ginseng guarding henson hughes lumber lunches maple matrimmatoe meadow miz petticoats ridge riverside sawmill syrup