Title - The Pearl Author: Steinbeck, John Publisher: Penguin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Kino, a poor Mexican pearl-diver, believes he has received the answer to his prayers when he finds a great pearl worth a fortune, but tragedy soon follows. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3475 7+ 1100 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 70 Total # of Words 3428 # of Different Words 967 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 2506 73.1% # of Hi freq words 367 38% % of Long Sentences 29.1 Low Freq occurs 246 7.2% # of Low freq words 203 21% 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: Required Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Complex implications Integral Setting Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Topics Values Wealth *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Poverty Low Frequency Words abortions aching alms analysis apolonia appraised arising arose avarice awakened biscuit blackly blustered bougainvillaea breast breasts brushhouse ceaseless chinks chord cigarettes civilized combed confession consolation conversation corncakes corpses covey coyotito's crevices crowing cruelty cure curled curved dank delicate delicately departed despised detachment determination discontent drawn edges enlarged estate expressions fatigue feinted fellow fiesta flagstones flanks flurried foe footed forefinger fragile fragment frantically furnishings fury glare glaring glistened grinding hammocked hammocks harsh healer helpless hesitated hoarse hovered humbly hunger ignorance income incredible indigene indigent informed interval jiggling juan juana knocker knowledge knuckles language lightening lightness lioness longing lowered lymphatic masses memorable misshapen mistress motion mound movement mustache muttered nature neighborhood neighbors newcomers noiselessly nostrils obedient oriental outskirts overlooked pace palms paris particularly patient patron pearls personal photograph plaintively plaster poisoned poisonous positions poverty procession public pulque puncture reassuring redness reflected refused religious remarkable requires respectful restaurants rhythm ruffed rustle rutted sandals satisfaction sauce savage scandal scorpion scurrying sensed servant shaming shawl shone smoothly snarling soundlessly source sparingly spat speech squared squatted startled steely stout stragglers strenuous stung subsequent suppliant swelled swelling terror thorned tightened timid tinted treatment trifle tuna ulcers uncovered unfolded upright valueless variety veterinary warmth washings watered wavering whistled whitened willed wives