Title - The Days of Knights and Castles Author: Miguel, Pierre Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A pictorial history of the daily life and notable events of the Middle Ages, from 1066 through 1485. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2712 6.2 1010 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 51 Total # of Words 3107 # of Different Words 1004 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 1975 63.6% # of Hi freq words 295 29.4% % of Long Sentences 22.1 Low Freq occurs 358 11.5% # of Low freq words 275 27.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Integral Setting - Historical Difficult names Foreign words Topics *History Castles *Community Knights World History Generations Towns Occupations Low Frequency Words acceptable account achieved acres activities agriculture albi amiens anglia anjou approximately aragon arid astronomy autun auvergne avila bagpipe bailiff bales bargate beauvais bishop blacksmiths boundaries bourges burgos burgundy cargo caroles castile catalonia chambre champagne commercial communications community comparison constant contamination contrast cotswolds council craftsmen currencies damnation daub daunsyng debating declined denser density disagree disapproved disease dominated drawn ducat dukes easter eastern economic economy edinburgh education emperor era essential estate estates estimated eternal examinations excess expressing extraordinary famines feudalism flanders fleeces flimsy florence florin fourteenth generations geometry germany ghent glorify gradually grammar granada harrow harvest hedges hervey housing ideals ignored importance improved increasing independent influence inhabitants introduction involved joining kilometre kilometres kingdom kingdoms knight's landlord landlords landscape languedoc laon latin leeks leisure limits limoges literature livre loch logic lord's loyal madrid manor manor's mantua materials medicine medieval mended milan milking millers misbehaved monk monte moors motorways mountainous naturally netherlands noble noblemen nobles norfolk normandy northern nuclear nuisance occupied oneself ordinary otherwise otto outbreak paris parma parsley particularly plague plough ploughed ploughing ploughman ploughs poitiers political pollution population practical praise priest priests primitive produce properly public pyrenees quadrivium qualify railways reasoning recognise recreation reeds region reign relatives religious renaissance representatives rheims rhetoric rigid roamed roman rouen rough roughly rural salisbury saucers savage scotland scythe secondary secular seldom separate serfs sermons severe severely shear shepherds sicily sixteenth social society southampton southern spiked standards structure studies sufficient summoned supplied surnames swarmed sweetener switzerland tenant territory thatched theology thread threat throughout tithe tolls tombstones toulouse tradition trivium tuns turnips uncomfortable underlined unified unknown unnecessary venice villagers villein villeins vineyards wales wattle wealthy wheelwright whitsun widows wielded winchester windsor woad writer