Title - Storm in the Night Author: Stolz, Mary Publisher: Harper & Row Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre During a thunderstorm, Grandfather's gentle voice carries Thomas off to a time when Grandfather was a boy. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 681 3.1 680 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 57 Total # of Words 1770 # of Different Words 515 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1253 70.8% # of Hi freq words 222 43.1% % of Long Sentences 6.3 Low Freq occurs 44 2.5% # of Low freq words 40 7.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Topics *Weather Changes Storytelling Clouds Overcoming Age/Aging Grandparents *Feelings, Behaviors Night Pets Low Frequency Words admiring babbling bough brandishing calmly congregational daintily doubt downspouts drenched electricity errands faucet flickers gardeny hollered interrupting mandarin mantel melvin mutterings navy overcome patter railing scarcely scowling silliness siren swished tearing thoms thunderstorms tickety tuba whined whooped windily wriggle yawned