Title - Shiloh Season Author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1607 4.5 840 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 54 Total # of Words 2357 # of Different Words 712 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 1715 72.8% # of Hi freq words 311 43.7% % of Long Sentences 30.8 Low Freq occurs 57 2.4% # of Low freq words 51 7.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Present Tense Dialect/Accents Topics Dogs Danger Love *Animals *Feelings, Behaviors Pets Low Frequency Words aluminum anxious appreciate barrette beagle bein chained cheekbones contented curses cuss drinkin figures figuring german happiness income ladylike margarine meadow mischief ourselves owed pause poachers pothole property purpose rile schoolhouse season seventy sewed shepherd sistersville snappin spite surely swear thoughtful travers travers's trottin undershirt wander warden watermelon wears what'd why's younger