Title - The Gawgon and the Boy Author: Alexander, Lloyd Publisher: Dutton Children's Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In Depression-era Philadelphia, when eleven-year-old David is too ill to attend school, he is tutored by the unique and adventurous Aunt Annie, whose teaching combines with his imagination to greatly enrich his life. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2828 6.5 1040 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 43 Total # of Words 2532 # of Different Words 1033 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1637 64.7% # of Hi freq words 354 34.3% % of Long Sentences 18.3 Low Freq occurs 359 14.2% # of Low freq words 287 27.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Several shifts in time Features Character traits Character development Excessive # of characters Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot Alternating voice Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Teacher/Teaching Learning Creativity Imagination *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words aboard acceptance acclaim acclaimed according acrobatics admiration adrift advantage afar afoot aglow ailed amuses announce assigned assumed auburn avast awaiting balcony bawled bedchamber bedclothes belay blighter bloodcurdling boarded boardinghouse booted bosun bosun's buccaneers cap'n cellar challenger cheekbones chestnut chipper clambered cloudless confined conquest consternation convinced crisscrossed cuckoo curious cutlass deceptive demmed departed despair devastated disappointed discarding diseased disguise disposed distinction distrusted dreaded duppies duppy encounter eternal eustace expanse ferociously figures flaw flung foe foreign forelock fragrance frantic frigates furtively future gaped gem ghostly gibberish girlfriends glued goblins goner gorging gossiping governor governor's grandest grateful grizzled gushed guzzling hairdos hale halted handkerchief handsomely harbor hearty herd hinges homeward honorary hoorah hovered idiot illumination incompetence independence indignation influenzo inkling invaded invisible jamaica jamaican jewels jossbegger kindly kingston ladies landward legions lengths lettered liquid listerine lithe lodgers lowered loyal lubbers lurk magnificently mango mangoes manor mansion meantime measles merchantman merchantmen muffled murmured muscular naughty neighborhood niece noble nobleman nowt nuisance occasions occupy operations ordinarily otherwise overhear overtake owing palms panic paring parlor passengers perch permanent pestilence philadelphia physician pi pillage piracy plague plank plastered plunder plundering podiatric population possibility president profession prospect proving puny quarantine quarantined quarantines quarterdeck railing raving regain reigned relatives reproof rescuer residence residents result ridden romping rousing rowed sailcloth sailors satisfaction scheme seafox seahawk sealanes seasick seize separated sessions settling shipmaster shrouded sinewed sinus skimmed skinned slender sluggish social somber spaniards splendid squawking staircase stark storehouses stricken strode suntanned surgeon surrender suspected swarmed sweltered swiftly tangled taverns tempered terrify terror theory thrashed tombstone tombstones townsfolk treatments tulip turpentine unanimously unchallenged understandable unlatched various vessel vigorous visibility vixen voyage warbled warehouses watchful watchman waterfront weasels weird wharves wheezed whistling whooped windowpane withered worship wreathed wrestle youth