Title - The Apple and the Arrow Author: Bluff, Mary and Conrad Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The year is 1291, and Walter is the twelve-year-old son of William Tell, the greatest bowman in the land of Uri. Walter lives happily in the remote heights of the Alpine Mountains, caring for his family's goat herd and practicing his marksmanship in the hopes of making his father proud. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1639 4.5 850 Amazon 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 42 Total # of Words 2031 # of Different Words 676 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 1432 70.5% # of Hi freq words 292 43.2% % of Long Sentences 20 Low Freq occurs 139 6.8% # of Low freq words 98 14.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Inferences: Some implications Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Topics Challenges *History Bullies Government Heroes Freedom *Citizenship & Laws Low Frequency Words albrecht alpine altdorf anxious awakens bailiff bailiffs boulders boundary bowman bury cantons chamois content contentedly coward crocus crossbow curtain curtained disputes doubt elder enclosed eyed ferns folk freedom germany glancing gnawed gothard granite groaning haired happiness hedwig herd homespun hoping humble hungrily independent judge keener kneel knitting larder latched linen linens lingered loom lowborn lucerne mattress mountainside mountaintop munching nightfall noble nobleman oncoming otherwise ourselves overheard pasture prinz prison prowling prying quarrels quivering rein restless roamed rootli rosy rudi rudi's saint schwyz scrambled solemn soothingly stauffacher thong trigger twang unterwalden uri utter vesper warned weaving whining yearly zwing