Title - Owl Moon
Author: Yolen, Jane
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. Entertain Adventure
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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449 2.6 620
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 34 Total # of Words 783 # of Different Words 293
Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 497 63.5% # of Hi freq words 112 38.2%
% of Long Sentences 10.9 Low Freq occurs 19 2.4% # of Low freq words 11 3.8%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Inferences: Some implications
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Colorful, figurative
Sentences: Some Long/Complex
Text structure: Story/Poem
Chapters
Features
Character traits
Integral Setting
Simple Plot
Metaphors
Similes
Topics
Fathers
Nature
*Animals
Forests
Animals: Forest
*Family & Friends
Birds
Relationships
Low Frequency Words
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