Title - Shiloh Author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner. The owner is a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1449 4.3 820 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 45 Total # of Words 3739 # of Different Words 916 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2941 78.7% # of Hi freq words 403 44% % of Long Sentences 14.4 Low Freq occurs 112 3% # of Low freq words 94 10.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Simple Plot Present Tense Dialect/Accents Topics Dogs Protection Love *Animals *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Pets Low Frequency Words abandoned accidentally bass beagle beagle's boarded c'mon chained college comer concern coop cringe curling curves daylights detour doin drawer everyplace fairgrounds fawns flopping flustered gasoline git glares gristmill groveling guarantee haired hell hoping howdys huntin impatient judd'll karo knowing lettin liar lickety limb loping mistreated mosquitoes offend parkersburg particular patience peering plumped pneumonia preaching propeller rattly reasons reddish register risin schoolhouse season settling shrug sistersville sittin slinking slinks soul squat standin stoop suggest swallow sycamore syrup thrusting tobacco travers travers's undershirt veterinarian's veterinary wallet wanders whatever's wheeling where'd whimper whisper whistled whopping whup younger