Title - Tex Author: Hinton, S.E. Publisher: Turtleback Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Bike-and-bronc-happy Tex is forced to grow up when he learns the truth about his shiftless father and makes peace with his ambitious older brother. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2209 5.3 930 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 38 Total # of Words 3539 # of Different Words 937 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2777 78.5% # of Hi freq words 441 47.1% % of Long Sentences 7.4 Low Freq occurs 155 4.4% # of Low freq words 112 12% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex character relationships Simple Plot First Person Topics Fathers Behaviors Friendship *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Parents Relationships Low Frequency Words acre acres albino astounded baloney bein belted bosses bribing charging chestnut cole cole's collected college cussing customers cuttin dammit distinctly doin doubling dumbest fanatic freckles future geez gettin goin gonna gravel haired hell hollered hollering hooves hurled ignorant ignored imagination invitations irritated jeans jogging jumper junior kiddin' kool laundry laurie lawns leasing lem loped mace marriage mason's midgets minded mowing muscle mustard negrito negrito's nickering nipped ought pace paddock papered pasture personal pestering practically preaching pricked private reined reins ridden ridin rodeos rounded rustled sake sarcastic season's shove shoved sideways skidded soared spacy spending spurred stride swallowed swearing sweat sweating tearing tex throwback tightened tightening unfortunately unsaddling unwinds weird wheelie whistled who'd