Title - The Shakespeare Stealer Author: Blackwood, Gary Publisher: Dutton Children's Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to transcribe the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty, after becoming part of the acting troupe. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3163 7+ 1090 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 56 Total # of Words 3357 # of Different Words 1058 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 2453 73.1% # of Hi freq words 379 35.8% % of Long Sentences 18 Low Freq occurs 366 10.9% # of Low freq words 315 29.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting - Historical Complex Problem/Solution Simple Plot First Person Dialect/Accents Topics Obedience Self Esteem *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words abbreviated abundant accepted accidentally according accounts adept adequate adrift affectionate allowances ample amusement anniversary apothecary appellation appended apprentice aptitude assumed average barley barren beaker bearer befitting benefited bulge busied carriage charactery charitable charity chronicles climateric cloaked compile concealed concern confident conscience consideration consorted content convey countenance cultured curious curled currency demonstration departure depths deserve determined devising disappointment discouraged dismiss doublet doubly doubted dreary drudge eaves education effect elegance embroidered ensued equipment eventually exception excused existence expediency expressing fabric familiar fancied fault features feeble fellow feverish fidgeted fitting flickering flung former fortnight fortunate fortunes frugal gathering gazing gentleman geography gestured glance glimpse godspeed governed grander grateful grotesque guttered hamlet heartiness heavily heeled height heir hell hereby hesitantly hesitated hollow hooded hostile household humbly hunched imagined impatiently import improvements inclined indecipherable indignantly infusions instant institution institutions instruction intent interrupted invested irritably issues judging knowledge ladies language latin lightly linen lingered longed lowly manicured mastered meantime medical medicines meloncholy menacing mention mere method miseries mistreated mistress moments motion motionless mount mysterious naturally neglected neighbor neighboring nervously ninth notion obey object objection occasionally och openmouthed opportunities ornamented ornate orphan's orphanage orphans otherwise overburdened owlishly pace paradise pardon parish parishes pause paused physick pigwidgeon placid plumbago pointless possessions potion pouch practiced praise preferably prentice prentices prick prison properly property prospects prove qualities ralegh's rapier readily reality reasonably recall recognized rector rectors rectory reign relatively reliably religious reprimand reputation revealing roughly royalty sabbath sailor savior scandal scientific security seemingly sermon sermons servants service services shadowed shards sheepskin shrugged signature situation slate slinging sluggish snatched snubbing sounding sovereigns spectral spectre speech speedily splendid squarely steadily stenography sterling stockings stranger's studied superior survive swallowing swirling tabby thickheaded threat throughout thrust tongs transcribe transcribed transcribing treatise tunic unarguable unexpectedly unfamiliar unfortunate unknown unreadable unreliable unruly unschooled unsound usher vain veined vessel vexed vicinity volume wakefield wallet wavering welfare wherewithal wholly wi wily woollen youth