Title - The Secret Garden Author: Burnett, Frances Hodgson Publisher: Dell Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When orphaned Mary Lennox, lonely and sad, comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2326 5.5 950 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 71 Total # of Words 3028 # of Different Words 744 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2306 76.2% # of Hi freq words 328 44.1% % of Long Sentences 22.1 Low Freq occurs 186 6.1% # of Low freq words 121 16.3% 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 Headings Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Excessive use of detail - not story line Difficult names Foreign words Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Magic Secrets Exercise Behaviors Family Gardens/Gardening Health *Human Body & Health *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words absorbed affectionate alternately amuse anxious appalling archibald ashy awakened ayah bewilderment biscuits bungalow bungalows cholera clergyman clergyman's cockle colonel companions confusion contrary delicate desolate desolation diners disagreeable disdaining disgracefully disliked disturbed doubt evident familiarly fatal fretful frightening frightfully fuller furious gliding governess governesses government grinding hastily heavily hibiscus horrid hunchback imploringly improve impudent insult intensely jewels lennox ma'am manor mantle marigolds mcgrew medlock mem mercy misselthwaite missie mistress muttering mysterious mysteriousness naughty neglected nickname nursery obeyed oftener ought panic passion pityingly presently quarreling remarkable rockery rude rustling sahib saidie scarcely scarlet seldom servant servants sickly slunk snatching stammered stamping startled stiffly stony stout stricken stubbornly suggestion surely terror toddling tyrannical unattractive understanding uninterested untidy velvet veranda voyage wailing wakened wandered wilder