Title - The Seashore Book Author: Zolotow, Charlotte Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A mother's words help a little boy imagine the sights and sounds of the seashore, even though he has never seen the ocean. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 823 3.3 700 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 711 # of Different Words 317 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 443 62.3% # of Hi freq words 116 36.6% % of Long Sentences 26.5 Low Freq occurs 21 3% # of Low freq words 20 6.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Figurative Language Topics Remembering Ocean Imagination Beach *Feelings, Behaviors Birds Low Frequency Words buoy's crescent dune gigantic gull gulls lemonade lighthouse lulls noonday oyster pearly peppermint pier sailboat sandpipers smoky squaggling swishswashing thermos