Title - The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Author: Avi Publisher: Orchard Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A vicious captain, a mutinous crew -- and a young girl caught in the middle Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3256 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 40 Total # of Words 3345 # of Different Words 1045 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2354 70.4% # of Hi freq words 375 35.9% % of Long Sentences 13.1 Low Freq occurs 354 10.6% # of Low freq words 293 28% 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 Complex implications Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot First Person Topics Adaptability Adventures Ships *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words aboard absence absolute absorb absurd advised agog alas amiss announced anticipated apelike aroused aspect associate astonishing avenging bale bales boarded bowsprit brawny breach brig bristles bulkhead bulky bulwarks cargo chaos chaperon commendation committed companion companions complement complexion compliance compose concern confidence confining consequence considerable constantly construction construed consulted contracted countered countless cringing curiosity curtsy decking decrepit delegated delicious departing departure deputized desktop desperately disapproval discussion disdainfully dismay distorted docile dockside doubt doyle dreamlike ease echoed echoing educated emerson emotion entryway exasperation exotic extract fashion fault features fellow ferocious ferret fidgeted figurehead flooring flushed forecastle forelock frayed frightfully frock frustrated fulfilled furnishings gangplank gentleman gesticulated gesture gestured glance glances gnarled gradually guiding hangdog haste hastily height hesitantly hewn hostile hubbub hull hunched identified impression increasingly indicate indicating indignation informed inquired instantly intend intoned intoxicating introduction irritated judgments knowing laboring lantern lawns liverpool loathsome loftily lofty lowering lumbered mainmast massive mast masted mastered masts menacing merchants mildly miserably misunderstanding momentary moored mooring moral murmured mustn't nervousness nineteenth notion oakum obedience obey objected objections obligation oblige opinion opposite ordinary ornamentation otherwise outline outward overheard panic pardon passage passageway passengers paused perceived permeated planks pleasant pleasure pocketed pockets porter positively postures prevailed previously principles protection protruding prove quarterdeck quays quell raked realize reefed regard registered remotest repeatedly replacement require respond reticule retorted retreat rigging rough royal sailor sailors sallow scheduled scotland seafaring seahawk selected seriously shaven shilling shillings shimmying shockingly shuffled shuffling silenced smock somber spars specific stammered startled steerage stench stern stoop stowed stride strides strode succumbing suggestion sup superstitious surely surging surveyed syllable tarred tattered tearful threats thrust tobacco topgallant unable undertook unduly unfocused unicorn's unique unmoving unnatural unnecessarily unsmiling upraised upturned utter vague vain vision volunteered voyage waning weathered whisper workman worth wretched wrongs