Title - The Door in the Wall Author: De Angeli, Marguerite Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ever since he can remember, Robin has been told what is expected of him as the son of a nobleman. He must learn the ways of knighthood in fourteenth-century England. But Robin's destiny is changed in one stroke. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3389 7+ 1100 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 36 Total # of Words 3266 # of Different Words 970 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2383 73% # of Hi freq words 390 40.2% % of Long Sentences 28.9 Low Freq occurs 233 7.1% # of Low freq words 190 19.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Difficult names Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Challenges *History War Handicaps Adaptability *Human Body & Health *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words abroad ailing alas alleyways almonry angle associated awaiting barley basin bedchamber bosses breviary canters carpeted chapel clamored clamoring cloisters cobbles cockney coif column contents corridor courteous courtyard coverlet creed curfew cushion dame deafening devotions dost drawn easing echoing embrasure equipment exhausted fashion feathered fetched fishmonger fitting fletcher flung friar friars frock further gardener gentil grating grotesque harsh hast hath hedge hoisted hokester hoping hosen hospice household hundredth hunger identify intending jennet's joust jutting knight knighthood knightly knights lat laughter liege likely linen majesty malady maud meanwhile merchants messenger mewing millicent minstrels molding monastery monk monk's monks mounted newly noble nones nook obediently obey occupied overflowing pallets parish passage passages patiently peered perfume personal physicians pilgrims pitying plague pleasant porter portion postern poultry primroses prior procession putrid quieted reeve's reserved retainers rumpled scarce scottish season sedately seldom separated servants service shing shrunken shuffling sickening silences smoothly solar somewhat soul speech squinching stall starched steadying stocks strangely studied surgeon tethered thames thieves thou thou'lt tiresome tournament twill unable uncooked underlinen ungrateful vespers vexation victuals wallflowers wandering wart wayfarers wearied weaving westminster wharves wheedling whereon whiskered widow wilt woefully womenfolk worth woven wretch