Title - Riding Freedom Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Charlotte Parkhurst was raised in the mid-1800s and was expected to live her life without the freedoms she dreamed of. But Charlotte was smart and determined, and she figured out a way to live her life the way she wanted. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1204 4.0 780 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 30 Total # of Words 3095 # of Different Words 937 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2242 72.4% # of Hi freq words 404 43.1% % of Long Sentences 11.7 Low Freq occurs 187 6% # of Low freq words 142 15.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Dialect/Accents Topics Work *History Hiding *Animals American History Horses *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words actin adoptin' adoption annoyed approached babbled babied birthing blustery boulders briar c'mon cellar cept charity concerned congratulate dangled dank decent deserves determined dimpled dobbin drawn drenched eatin elderly frantic freedom freedom's frightening frock gazing glared glory gonna halter harnesses hayward hollered hoping hovered ignored imagined instant instantly kinda kindly kindness knelt labored latched lathered leathery ledge lengths lining lunged lurched ma'am millshark mothering motionless mounted muster nah nature needled neighbors niece nothin nudged nursemaids nuzzling opportunity orphanage ought overseer overturned paraded pasture pause pawing peering persistent personality pestered petticoat piercing plantation plunging politeness portraits private property prospective pursed rafters raking rawhide readied reared reassured reeling rein reins respect rickety ridden ridin ruffian saucers scowling skittish smacked smudges snuffling spect spirited splintered sprang spurt stable stables stall stalls stitch survived swallowed tendin tightened townspeople trusts turnips unharmed wheezing whinnied whinnies whipped wrist younger