Title - The Gift of the Sacred Dog Author: Goble, Paul Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A brave Indian boy goes into the hills and prays for help for his people. A rider on a magnificent animal comes to him and says: "This animal is called the Sacred Dog. He can do many things your dogs can do and also more... Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 715 3.1 680 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 28 Total # of Words 877 # of Different Words 329 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 597 68.1% # of Hi freq words 143 43.5% % of Long Sentences 14.1 Low Freq occurs 27 3.1% # of Low freq words 18 5.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Integral Setting - Historical Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics *Animals Helping Legends Native Americans Low Frequency Words frightening herds hunger level magnificent neighing nostrils parted pouring ravine relatives ridge sacred shone surely tipis urged wandered