Title - My Side of the Mountain Author: George, Jean Craighead Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude -- and danger -- of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew. Written in the form of a diary, this classic story relates the days of a young boy in the Catskill Mountains. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1553 4.4 830 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 61 Total # of Words 2867 # of Different Words 817 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2239 78.1% # of Hi freq words 354 43.3% % of Long Sentences 22.3 Low Freq occurs 149 5.2% # of Low freq words 116 14.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental Features Character traits Integral Setting Simple Plot Topics Adaptability Survival Adventures Choices *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words according angle angles aspen bedpost boughs boulder boulders boundary calendar cascades chickadees circling congregate contents curled curtain deerskin denned departure diameter eddies emphatic exhibited falcon fearsome felled ferns fishhook flint flopping folly frantically frightening gangplank gathering goner gorge grove healthy hemlock hemlocks holed horrified inspired internal juncos knothole knotholes knowing laced laughter leashed likely limb luckily manuals mattress meadow memorized mentioned mushroomed nina northeast northern notches nowhere nuthatches occurred oft organs overhanging peaceful penknife piney pocketed pockets pours practiced public purse recently restless riffles sailor selected singapore smothered sparkling squatted stages stirred subscriptions sumpin supplies survive swiftly swirled tethers tinder trenches trousers trout upholstered venison venture walnuts weasel whistled whistling whittle whittled whittling wick woodpeckers wrapping