Title - The Big Tree Author: Hiscock, Bruce Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Follows the development of a large old maple tree from its growth from a seed during the American Revolution to its maturity in the late twentieth century. Entertain Explanation RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1198 3.9 780 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 35 Total # of Words 1695 # of Different Words 608 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 1123 66.3% # of Hi freq words 211 34.7% % of Long Sentences 15 Low Freq occurs 108 6.4% # of Low freq words 92 15.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental Features Topics Trees *Science *History Age/Aging Ecology Nature Low Frequency Words awaken carries cedar cellulose chemistry chickadees chlorophyll chugging circulates clapboards collected colonists compost dioxide drawn electricity emerged eventually excellent exposed gradually hammered hardwood hardwoods healthy heartwood independence injured lifeblood limb logger loggers mable maple maples massive minerals mixtures moisture nailing nation neighbors network northern oxygen pause photosynthesis plumbing pollen president process producer prowled rainwater recover revere revolution revolutionary sapwood season seedling seedlings shading sheltered shingles slender somewhat spile spout sprout steadily straighten substance sugaring supplied survived sweetened swept syrup thaw throughout transformed twentieth unfolded union violent weathered westward whirled whump winged wonderfully