Title - Ox-Cart Man Author: Hall, Donald Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A lyrical journey through the seasons and passing years of one early nineteenth-century New Englander's family evokes the feeling of historical America. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 815 3.3 700 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 203 Total # of Words 628 # of Different Words 207 Ave Word/.Sent 20 Hi Freq occurs 320 51% # of Hi freq words 54 26.1% % of Long Sentences 25.8 Low Freq occurs 53 8.4% # of Low freq words 28 13.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Difficult Text structure: Difficult Concept: Fanciful Features Unconventional punctuation Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Shopping Work Seasons Fathers Markets Customs Family Gardens/Gardening *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words birch borrowed candies collected embroidery flax harbor harness honeycombs knit knitted linen loom maple maples peppermint planks pockets portsmouth sawed shawl sheared shingles stitching turnips whittling wintergreen yoke