Title - One-Eyed Jake Author: Hutchins, Pat Publisher: Mulberry Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Once there was a pirate called One-Eyed Jake. He had a horrible face a terrible voice and an awful temper. Nobody like him. One-Eyed Jake robbed every ship in sight. But finally, One-Eyed Jake plunders one ship too many. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 363 2.4 590 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 40 Total # of Words 552 # of Different Words 156 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 286 51.8% # of Hi freq words 49 31.4% % of Long Sentences 20 Low Freq occurs 37 6.7% # of Low freq words 15 9.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Topics Size Water Boats Right/Wrong Pirates Stealing Fair play/Fairness Ocean Occupations Low Frequency Words bosun cargo eyed heavier jewelry jewels knowing overboard passenger passengers peacock plundering shoved spied terrified