Title - Roxaboxen Author: McLerran, Alice Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Marian called it Roxaboxen. (She always knew the name of everything.) There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill but it was a special place.. Come with us there, where all you need to gallop fast and free is a long stick and a soaring imagination. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 755 3.2 690 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 33 Total # of Words 840 # of Different Words 336 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 515 61.3% # of Hi freq words 121 36% % of Long Sentences 11.9 Low Freq occurs 35 4.2% # of Low freq words 27 8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot Topics Innovation Children Deserts Friendship Houses Imagination Towns *Family & Friends Pretend Low Frequency Words amethyst cemetery curved edged eleanor eleanor's generals greasewood haired jeweled jewels limits minded naturally ocotillo outlined parlors pottery roxaboxen seasons shelves stamping swords thorny uncomfortable whirling whooping