Title - The Great Fire Author: Murphy, Jim Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Within the thirty-one hours of terror, over 100,000 people were forced to flee the flames of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Eyewitness accounts and newspaper articles tell the story of some of the people affected by this calamity. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2911 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 46 Total # of Words 2583 # of Different Words 921 Ave Word/.Sent 18 Hi Freq occurs 1706 66% # of Hi freq words 310 33.7% % of Long Sentences 41.7 Low Freq occurs 291 11.3% # of Low freq words 235 25.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Graphics essential to comprehension and/or introduce necessary information. Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Captions Maps/Key Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Integral Setting - Historical Clear cause/effect Mood/tone Topics *History *Community Fire Disasters Firemen Low Frequency Words acres addition adjusting afire alter ambled announce appointed arrogantly assumed assured breathless bullwinkle chemical combustible companies concern concerned consequences construction consumed containable copiously courthouse crimson critical cumbersome cupola dalton's decision dennis denominated despite destruction determine determined dignified disguise dismissed distaste distilleries distributors dramatic drought eerie effective efficient elevate embers emerged encountered enervated engines engulfed evaporated exception exterior exteriors extinguished extinguishers extremely factories fasten fatal fiery firehouses firemen flammable flickering frantic gaslights gasping gasworks gathering gusty haze headway hesitated highly hooves hoses igniting ignorant immediate immediately incognita incompetent increasingly indicate inhabitants initial inquiry insisting inspection instance insurance interiors interspersed irish koven laborer largely laughter lees legged lied links listlessly location lumberyards lunged manufacturers marshland material materials mathias michigan miserable misleading moment's moments moonless mounted murkier nation naturally neighbor neighbor's neighborhood neighboring neighbors noted o'leary o'learys obvious occasions oddly official organized ornately outhouses outlets particularly patrols phantom pouring prairie previous proclaimed produce property recently recorded refused relayed remnants renovated residence residential respectable respond responded reveal roamed rogan rooftops rounded rung schaffer schaffer's scuttled sections security series service seventh shanties shared shingle shingled showers sidewalks signaled singe singed situated situation slovenly smoky smolder smoldered smoldering smothered solution southwest specifically stables staggered stately stations steeples stifling storage store's strangely structures stubborn stubbornly studied stupidly surrounding survive swarmed swirling telegraphed terra territory theater thickly tribune unbearable unfortunately unhitched unimpressed unrelenting vacant valuables vapor variety warehouses watchman waterline wealthier whisky