Title - The Call of the Wild Author: London, Jack Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Buck, a dog that has been forced into the harsh life of a sled dog, befriends a man seeking his fortune in the Klondike gold fields, and must ultimately decide whether to stay with his master or obey his instinct to join the wolves. Entertain RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4264 7+ 1140 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 82 Total # of Words 3768 # of Different Words 1213 Ave Word/.Sent 19 Hi Freq occurs 2667 70.8% # of Hi freq words 393 32.4% % of Long Sentences 51.3 Low Freq occurs 492 13.1% # of Low freq words 412 34% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Difficult Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Complex plot Dialect/Accents Topics *History Dogs Stealing *Animals Amphibians Gold Low Frequency Words accepted accompanied accumulated acquaintance administering advances advantage adventures affection affirmative agonizing agony announced annoyed anxious apparent approached arbors aristocrat aroused array artesian aspect assailed association assortment atmosphere baggage baggageman besetting boded boughs breakin breathed brewing bristled bristling brumal brutal buck's bulging cagelike calamity calculated calmly caution cayuses chafing charged chinked college companies companion concerning conciliate conciliated consignment contents conveyance coolly crawling crowed crushingly culprit cure curiously custom's damnation dat dealt deft deliberately delights demesne deposited depot despatches destined detestable diego dignity displeasure divined docilely dominion doubled druther ebbed egotistical eloquently enabled endured enthusiastically estimation exception excitedly exclamations exquisite eyed fashion favored fawned fearlessly fellow ferine ferocity ferry fetching fiend fiercer filing flagged flecked flung foul freight frisco frothing furiously furry further fury futilely future gambling gardener's generous generously genial geological gingerly glance glazed glimpses government grandsons grappled gravelled grimly grooms groping growers gruffly grunted guarded guilty hairless handkerchief hardened hatchet hoarse honestly housemaids hunger hurled hydrophoby ignored imagined impartial impending imperiously imprisoned incurious inflammation inseparable instance instant instantaneous insular intent interlacing intimate intimated intolerable introduction involuntarily japanese jolted judge judge's kennel kennels kidnapped kidnapper kindred klondike lacerated lash latent lawgiver lawns leashed legion limply lionlike ll locomotives lolling longings lottery madness mangled manuel manuel's mastery meditated memorable menacingly mentally mercilessly mere merely messengers metamorphosed mewed mexican moch mollie morose muscle narwhal nature natured necessarily nevertheless newcomers newfoundland nomadic northland numerous nursing obey obeyed obscurely onlookers oppressed orchard orchards organizing outa outhouses outrage outreached paddocks pampered parcels parched particularly passage passion pastures patches peered pent perches performance perrault pervaded plainly plentee plunge plunged poplars populous possessed preserver primitive progeny prompt promptly propeller puget pulse puppyhood purposely quivering quoting raged ragged raging railway raisin rambles realm receding recesses recognized recover reign remainder repeatedly requires resided resolved respect result retaliated revelation royal ruction sacredam sagged saloon sated savage savagely scotch seattle selected sensation senseless sensitive servants severe shepherd shrewd shriek shutting sickly situation skyward slaver slouch snarling soliloquized solitary sou southland spacious spat speedily spitzbergen splintering sprang squarehead stable stables staggered stalked steadily steamship stout stranger's stroll stuffin sufficient sullenly surcharged surging survey swarthy sweater swollen takin tallow taunted terriers throbbed throttled tightened tireless tonic torment tormentor tormentors transportation travelled treacherous treachery treatment trifle trouser trucked truly tubbing tween twilight unbridled uncouth uncowed underhand undesirable universal unkempt unwonted uproariously utterly vague veranda vilely wakens walled weakness weary weazened weighed wheedlingly whereupon whirled whistling wintry wisdom withheld worth wot wrappings wrath wrenching wrestling yawned yelped ysabel