Title - The Mystery of the Purple Pool Author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre On a visit to New York City, the Aldens solve a mystery in their hotel. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 936 3.5 730 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 34 Total # of Words 2364 # of Different Words 679 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1652 69.9% # of Hi freq words 307 45.2% % of Long Sentences 3 Low Freq occurs 100 4.2% # of Low freq words 69 10.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Mystery Problem Solving *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words admiring attendant available bellboy bellhop bellhops belted bustling caption carpeted conversation cushions delicious dialed dressier elevator elevators enthusiastically excitedly familiar ferry floury flowered flushed fm garment gazing graceful guidebook guidebooks hearty hind immediately introduce jeans jersey kitchenette liberty license lobby locate luggage manager mcgregor metropolitan midway motioned muttering mysteries mysterious pleasant plymouth promoted refrigerator reservation reservations reserved restaurants reveal riverside shrugged silvery skyscrapers splattered statue suitcases suite theater variety