Title - Talkin' About Bessie Author: Grimes, Nikki Publisher: Orchard Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Soar along with Bessie Coleman in this inspirational tale of a woman whose determination reached new heights. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2579 5.9 990 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 3204 # of Different Words 1195 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 2182 68.1% # of Hi freq words 424 35.5% % of Long Sentences 42.5 Low Freq occurs 289 9% # of Low freq words 252 21.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Dialect/Accents Topics *Transportation Determination Airplanes *Careers *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words academics acquaintances acre advised aerobatics agricultural allergic announced aviation bale bales barnstormers begats bein biplanes blabbin boarded breakin buffin calculating civilians coloreds complaint concentration countless cowling crosstown culture customers defender defying descendants despair despised determined disappointment discouraged dissolve disturbin domestic dreamland ease education effect enjoyable equations familiar featured figures figuring fliers flown fondness foreknew foreman formations fretted fuel furiously future gathering glance glory goaded goin graduating haberdasheries harvest hatred hauling headaches headstrong hesitation hitchin hoarding homecoming hotly humor hurtled imagination imperator improvement incapable inferior introduced investment invitation january joystick jus kale kinda knowing knowledge labor laborer ladies landings language laughter laundering laundress laundry lawd lawrence license lifelong lightly limits listens lively longing lookin lynchings madame mais manage manicurin mansion mantel manual mastering memories mentally mentioned michigan miming minded mindedly miracle miser missionary models moldin mourn mustang nation nieuport nightclubs nightmares nosedive notion nowhere occupied organizations oui overeager overnight paraded parading paris parlor passage passengers performing persistence physical pickin pilots pioneers politics poring practicing preacher's precious precisely preferred principles private promote prosperity prove publisher puckered purpose pursed racehorse racist readin' recall regarding required resorted respect restaurants restin result reward rhythm rinsing salons sauntered savin schoolhouse scorch scripture segregation semester separate shared shove shrugged sidelines signaled snatch souls spirited spotless standin stitches stride strode stroll struts studied stunts stylishly substance suited surprisingly survive swap swear swept takeoff technology tenant tidbit timely tiresome topsy transport tycoons verses vocation wandered warned washboard watchin' waxahachie weighed whispers whites who'd wingspan wisdom wondrous workin worth wringing writers yessir