Title - On The Far Side Of The Mountain Author: George, Jean Craighead Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Filled with authentic woodland lore and exciting adventure, On the Far Side of the Mountain takes listeners back to Sam Gribley's treehouse in the Catskill Mountains, where he begins a dangerous fight for his pet falcon's freedom. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1758 4.6 860 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 43 Total # of Words 3002 # of Different Words 964 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2212 73.7% # of Hi freq words 404 41.9% % of Long Sentences 12.9 Low Freq occurs 233 7.8% # of Low freq words 181 18.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Headings Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Character development Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution First Person Present Tense Topics Mountains Adaptability Survival *Habitats/Environments Birds Relationships Low Frequency Words abandoned adjust alighted announced apparently approaching artificial bate bated birch borrowed boulder braked breast captivity carries cellar cheeriness clears compassion concerned conferred confiscate conservation considers constructed courtship crossbow curved dandelion daydreamed deadfall deerskin default delhi demure departed desperately diameter downmountain drawstrings earthward eastern elaborate endangered entries evolving exception exposed exposing falcon falcon's falconer falconers falconry falcons fascinated fielder fielder's fragile freedom frightful's glance glances gloved gorgeous greenland grove habitat hacked handsome harassing harboring haze hazeless heed helpless hemlock hesitates hollow hollowed hooded hoping humid hunger hurries ignores imitating imprinted imprisonment increase insemination instance instantly jessed jesses journal juvenile juveniles karate kindling lacy land's landscape language lawyer leashed legged lively longbridge lounging lowered lunge meadow millhouse mountaintop musky mutes nightmares nina official ohh opportunity outgrown outlined overhanging paces peace perched peregrine performed perpetuation pheasant philosophy phoebe planks playfully politeness population primitive property provides purpose reap replies resort responds rousing rubbery sapling saplings scent scrolls seventeenth sketch slump snare sow spiralling spite stoops sumac's supermarket sweat tawny tercel threaten thumbed tufts turner unable uncertain unleashed vanishing violating weasel whistled wildlife wrist younger youngsters