Title - The Storm Author: Rylant, Cynthia Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Pandora the cat becomes a lighthouse keeper and saves the life of Seabold the dog, and together the two of them create a family with three young mice rescued from the sea. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1177 3.9 780 Amazon 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 39 Total # of Words 3045 # of Different Words 872 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2242 73.6% # of Hi freq words 380 43.6% % of Long Sentences 12.6 Low Freq occurs 151 5% # of Low freq words 116 13.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Table of Contents Chapters Features Integral Setting Simple Plot Topics *Weather Light Danger Family Friendship Ocean Helping Low Frequency Words aboard adrift agitated aloft amazement astonishing atoll awakened battened beacon bewilderment biscuits circling curious daisies desolation destiny driftwood emerges emptiness essential flung foghorn frantic fretted further gardened gingham gratefully guide guiding gulls harbor harvest healing hobble horizon huckleberries injury instincts intended jagged jolted journeys keen kerosene kindhearted lantern lashing leeward lighthouse lighthouses magnificent mallards migrate miserable nervously nightfall northern overwhelming pandora pandora's panes penguins personally plantain pleasure raged rebuilding refused relieve remedy responsibilities riggings rough sailor schooner seabirds season seasonal secured sewed shaken shawl sheltered shipwrecks shutters sipping sketch sociable solitary somber somewhat sounding splint splinted studied sunburn suppertime surely swelling tern undaunted understanding unpredictability unpredictable unwelcoming vessel wandered warblers weary weedy windowsill witness workings younger