Title - Sackett Author: L'Amour, Louis Publisher: Bantam Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Hard circumstances have made William Tell Sackett a drifter, but now he hungers for a place he can't name yet knows he has to find. South of the Tetons he comes upon a ghost of a trail that leads him through a keyhole pass into a lonely, alien valley that holds a fortune in gold. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3046 7+ 1080 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 62 Total # of Words 3453 # of Different Words 1037 Ave Word/.Sent 17 Hi Freq occurs 2543 73.6% # of Hi freq words 405 39.1% % of Long Sentences 34.8 Low Freq occurs 267 7.7% # of Low freq words 206 19.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot Flashback Excessive use of detail - not story line Dialect/Accents Idioms Metaphors Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Travel/Traveling Cultures *History Cowboys Gold Horses *Life Styles *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words aboard admiration advised alter altitudes ammunition apache appaloosa arapahoe arkansas aspen asses astride booty boyhood buckskins bullwhip butchering ca'tridge ca'tridges cairn calibre capabilities carbine clobbered colonel conceived conflict content contrived cornish cougar curiosity curious dearborn's decatur despite dicker disturbed doled doubt drouth echo escalante's familiar fashioned fetched fetches feud flatboat flatboats flowered funning gallatin gambling gangling general grander granite grant greener grief grizzly groves growth gulch gunfighter gunfighting gunners handsome hankered hardin hazelnuts herd hickok higgins higginses highwayman hollow homesickness honing houn hungering indication investigated irish kin kiowa kiowas knowing lairs ledge lighting likely lode loneliest lonesome massacre meadows mellow memories mentioned mesquite minded minding minnesota missions mite montana moor mora mountainside muddied muscled natchez nature neighbor's nevertheless nicked notion nowhere object occasional ordinary orrin orrin's outshoot outshot outswap outwait peaceful philadelphia pistol pistols pitching politics possum pricked principle prizefighter probed proved proving prying quarts quartz rd rebel region reputation respect responsibility riflemen rifles riled sackett sacketts saddie sandstone saratoga scarcely scotland settlement shuck sioux skimpy sliver smite stalled steamboat stillness stirred streaked stunted surroundings swallow swap swapped tenderfoot tennessee teton tetons thrust timberline trades trappers tyrel understanding union unlimbered upshot uvalde vicksburg wales wandering warned wartime wary whatsoever whiskey wildest winchester wintered wrestling yearning yonder