Title - The Island Author: Paulsen, Gary Publisher: Laurel Leaf Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Every day, 15-year-old Wil Neuton gets up, brushes his teeth, leaves the house, and rows away from shore. He's discovered the island, a place where he can go to be alone and learn to know nature -- and himself. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2917 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 80 Total # of Words 3422 # of Different Words 1020 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 2627 76.8% # of Hi freq words 442 43.3% % of Long Sentences 36.2 Low Freq occurs 185 5.4% # of Low freq words 152 14.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex implications Integral Setting Complex plot Topics Attitudes Behaviors *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words administrator ageless amiable announced apparently asphalt associated awakened bass beckoned biology breadth comers compassionate composed conference conferences countless crinkles currents curved decent decidedly dissected dissecting dissections dorks edged edges emitting exhaustion exposed fault fertilizer fetal fewer flawless franks freckled freckles freshwater generation genes glacier glopping gravel gurgled halloween hardwoods hazel headlights hedged height hep honest honestly household imaginary imagined initial insane interrupted jackpine judah judged largely linen logged loneliness major maniac massive mastodons mattered models momentary mosquitoes murderer murderers muscled muskies naturally nee neighborhood nervously nicknamed nome northern opportunity outlet overalls pace pacing personal phys poplars prisoners projected prominent promoted proved provided punctuated racket realizing regions rental resorts retire ridden rimmed rotted rough rounded rummaged sculpted shovel sideways situation soften southern spared spat spending splattered sprawled stalks stalls stock stubbed substance summon swamp tearing theory throaty timmons tomcat topographical topsoil tourists towered trout tufts unimportant vacations vowed whine whipping wisdom withdrew woven yearly