Title - Pirates Past Noon Author: Osborne, Mary Pope Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre It's a treasure trove of trouble! Jack and Annie are in for a high-seas adventure when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps—and ruthless pirates! Will they discover a buried treasure? Or will they be forced to walk the plank? Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 864 3.4 710 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 20 Total # of Words 2883 # of Different Words 653 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 2003 69.5% # of Hi freq words 282 43.2% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 90 3.1% # of Low freq words 60 9.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Table of Contents Chapters Headings Features Character traits Topics Treasures Pirates Ships *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words absolutely adventures aghh alongside booty breathed brutes cap'n caption charged confusion doth drawer engraved gleeful glimmered glinting halt horizon horribly horror jeans kidd's knight knives ledge lubber lubbers meanly medallion mysterious nudged peered pennsylvania pierced piped pistols pouch propped pteranodon pyramids ragged raided rainwater rowing saltwater scowled seasick shaggy shielded shoved shriek shrugged snatched squinted stung toothed treasure's tyrannosaurus vile