Title - Obadiah's Ghost Author: Wainwright, Richard M. Publisher: Family Life Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A young boy is able to overcome his fear of the dark with the help of a ghost Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1105 3.8 760 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 49 Total # of Words 3064 # of Different Words 861 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2195 71.6% # of Hi freq words 372 43.2% % of Long Sentences 12.3 Low Freq occurs 133 4.3% # of Low freq words 97 11.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Features Character traits Character development Simple problem/solution Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Dialect/Accents Topics Challenges Ghosts Fears *Feelings, Behaviors *Holidays, Events, Cele Halloween Low Frequency Words according approached barriers beckoned canst commotion confined congratulate conquer consequently corridor courage curious curled detour dost dreadful excavation exceptions exploring fashioned fastened forlorn fully gigantic gingerly halloween hast haunted heirs hesitate hesitated hesitatingly hollow hollowed hurriedly illuminated immediately intention ivy knowing limping lowered mansion meowing moments neglected neighborhood nighttime obadiah occasions official opportunities overcome overcoming partially paused peered perchance plank plied portraits protective raisins reassuring recognized rescuing respects rounded rusted scraggly securing shuttered shutters smoothly soundly stammered startled streamed terrific thou tobias toto towards trio truly uncared unlit vanishing wail wandered ward wouldst yanked yawn yawned yearly