Title - Onion John Author: Krumgold, Joseph Publisher: HarperTrophy Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy named Andy and the elderly Onion John -- an immigrant handyman -- which becomes strained when Andy's father tries to change the old man's ways. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1801 4.7 870 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 66 Total # of Words 3465 # of Different Words 854 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2718 78.4% # of Hi freq words 377 44.1% % of Long Sentences 14 Low Freq occurs 163 4.7% # of Low freq words 112 13.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Features Character traits Character development Complex character relationships Integral Setting Simple Plot Dialect/Accents Topics Language *Community *Communication Baseball Helping *Family & Friends Relationships Low Frequency Words according account ache alcohol blur bulging burlap burnt catcher's championship chipping clout collected congratulations construction conversation courthouse cutlery dialed disappointed donahue drowned echoed editor eechee eechee's eensy episcopal familiar faucet fitted fittings fortune graduation grunt grvtch handiest hardware headline healthy hedge hemmendinger hessian hoarse homogenized infield inning innings jingling judge kinnoy kitchenware knitted language laundry league leaguers locust loosen losing's maibee mentioned minded mound mower mustache mutilated mutilating onion ought outfielder's overcoat oxygen particularly partitioned pennant president ptchky pulmotor pure recognize ries rimco rockton rooters rorty's rotary rubies rusch samples scarlet schwarz season separate serenity sewed shears sliding slugger smudged stitches stranded strategy supermarket t's township uniforms valve washers where'd whirr wrists