Title - The Incredible Journey Author: Burnford, Sheila Publisher: Bantam Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3059 7+ 1080 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 83 Total # of Words 3156 # of Different Words 1117 Ave Word/.Sent 19 Hi Freq occurs 2256 71.5% # of Hi freq words 410 36.7% % of Long Sentences 49.1 Low Freq occurs 325 10.3% # of Low freq words 292 26.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Integral Setting Simple Plot Topics Cooperation Challenges Dogs Cats *Animals Survival Low Frequency Words abandon abandoned abound acceptance accompanied accord actual advantage affection airchair aired almond aloofly amends amphibious amusement ancestors apologetic appalled apparent appointed arched assented assorted asters astonishment austerely awaiting bachelor barbarian bargain biographies blanketed boarded breadth breathless burnished bustle chested civilization clumsily college companies companionable companionship concessions contrast contrition curious curled curtains curved cushions decision degrees delicate depositing despairing disgrace disgraceful distantly distinguish disturbing docile domestic downright dratted drawn dread egyptian elderly emphasis engraved erect eventually exhilarating extremely farewells ferocity firelight fishers flaming flicking flung flushing flyway forebears fretting fringed furnace gathering generations glorious goatlike godfather grieved growth haunted haunting hearth hedge heritage heron hindquarters historical honorable ideal identity incessant increased incredible indefinable indignantly industry inseparable instructions investigation invitation involve irrepressible joint kennel knowing labrador languished lash latches lectures libraries lilac logging lolling longridge lovable lovingly lynx magnificent marrow marten martyred material memo merriment migratory minerals mink miserable misery monkeylike moped morsels mouthpiece movement muscle muskrat naked niece nightfall nightly noble northland northwestern noting nudging oakes oakes's occasional occasionally occupants oiled operator opportunist opportunity otter overgrown pane panorama paperweight parody paused peaceful peacefulness peculiar peered pernickety personally pickerel pike pioneers pleasant porcelain prelude presently pricked prime procession profession profile prospectors province pulp puppyhood purchase quivering racks radiated radiator raked realization reciprocal recognized refused regretted reprieve reproof resign retriever rough routine rural rustling sapphire scandalized scarred scoundrelly sedately separate separated separation series shaded sheer shrilly shutting siamese sinew skies slender slithered solitude sorrow soul spaniel specimen speckled spending spontaneous sprawling statue stealthily steelheads stocks stocky sturdy sybaritic sympathetic tao tapered tearful terrier thoughtfully thrall throaty timber towards translucent trappers trellised triangular trio trout twitched unable unaccustomed uninterrupted unmapped unquestioning unyielding upbringing vigorously virgin visions watchful weighty whereby whined whining whipped witnessed wooded writer yourselves yowling