Title - Sing Down The Moon Author: O'Dell, Scott Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The forced migration of Navahos from their homeland, is described from the Native American point of view. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1532 4.4 830 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 48 Total # of Words 3352 # of Different Words 760 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2633 78.6% # of Hi freq words 344 45.3% % of Long Sentences 12.5 Low Freq occurs 109 3.3% # of Low freq words 79 10.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution First Person Topics *History *Life Styles Native Americans Low Frequency Words antelope aspen astride barrancas brimmed calmly cedar cottonwood coverings cropped defiance displeased drawn fastened fend foolhardy gathering gazed glance goading grasped greening grove happiness haughty healthy herd herded herder hogan horsemen impatient jutted knives leagues ledge likely meadow meadows mesa mesas mesquite miracle mounted obedient obey orchard ourselves pasture peace piñon plunder pronged prongs raiding ridden rifles sake scouting sheared shepherd slung soaring soldier spaniards stalks stirred strayed straying threatened thrust thrusts ute utes wandering warriors weaving whisper wooded