Title - The Josefina Story Quilt Author: Coerr, Eleanor Publisher: HarperTrophy Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Faith's Pa says there's no room on a wagon train for Josefina, a chicken who's too tough to eat and too old to lay eggs. But Faith loves her pet. Can Josefina show Pa that she still has a few surprises left in her? Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 501 2.7 640 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 26 Total # of Words 1381 # of Different Words 474 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 842 61% # of Hi freq words 192 40.5% % of Long Sentences 1.4 Low Freq occurs 26 1.9% # of Low freq words 21 4.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Integral Setting - Historical Topics *Transportation Travel/Traveling *History Sewing Quilts Overcoming Moving Pets Birds Low Frequency Words angrily calico coyotes current fault fiercely funeral gulped humdinger mattresses mooed neighbor patches patchwork prettiest reared ruffled sewn stampede stitch stitches