Title - The Cat Who Went to Heaven Author: Coatsworth, Elizabeth Publisher: MacMillan Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A magical cat inspires a Japanese artist to paint the greatest picture of his life. In ancient Japan, a struggling artist is angered when his housekeeper brings home a tiny white cat he can barely afford to feed. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2919 6.7 1060 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 91 Total # of Words 3934 # of Different Words 1030 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 3000 76.3% # of Hi freq words 430 41.7% % of Long Sentences 31.2 Low Freq occurs 252 6.4% # of Low freq words 194 18.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Integral Setting Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Symbolism Difficult names Foreign words Topics Painting Asia/Asians Cultures Cats *Animals Artists Beliefs Imagination Religion Low Frequency Words admiration alcove alighted anxiously apparently apparition applause approves arid blackcapped boon bowing breast briers burden cautiously ceremonial chariot circumstances columns combed companions contented contradict courtesy crooning curious curled curtains curved cushion cushions daintily darning demons devils dewy dexterity discussion disturbed drawn dreadful dumplings e'er earnest earrings ease eldest emeralds encouragingly enlightened especial expressionless fashion formally fortune garland gazed gentleness gilded goblin grant gratitude haggle happiness helpless hesitate hewed hewing honor honored household humble humbly hunger hurridly hydrangea hydrangeas image imaginary imagined immediately instructions kanthaka kin kinder kindly kingdom knelt knight lacquer ladies lanterns laughable likely lingered lotuses lowered meadow meantime meditated meditation meekly mercy mewed miserable moonlight narcissus neighing noblemen obstinate occasionally overcame palms patches payment peacock pearls perfumed poverty prayers presence priest priest's properly purchased purse racket raising rarest reflected reflecting reflections relieve renunciation ridgepoles rivals roused saluting samurai sandals scarcely sedately seldom servants shone sickened siddhartha siddhartha's smudge sorrowfully sparrow sparrows stables stag stomachs strive strode suggest surely suspicion swans sweetness swept sword swords teakettle thickets thistle thoroughness threadbare thrice tightening trumpeting turnip unable unannounced unhurt upright virtuous wandered warriors watchful weighed wheedled whinnied whir whiskers withered witty worthy wrinkled wrinkles yosadhara