Title - The Ute Author: Cunningham, Kevin Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book introduces readers to the Ute daily life and explores the many changes that defined who the Ute are today Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3338 7+ 1100 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 5557 # of Different Words 1417 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 3626 65.3% # of Hi freq words 447 31.5% % of Long Sentences 22.2 Low Freq occurs 609 11% # of Low freq words 414 29.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Formal Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Captions Time Lines Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Index Headings Features Integral Setting - Historical Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Difficult names Topics Traditions Cultures *History *Community Native Americans Low Frequency Words abandon ability abundance abundant abuse accepted accomplish accomplishments according accounts accumulation acquired acquiring actively adapted addition adjusted advantage affected agencies agency agent agriculture alcohol allotment allotted allotting annual antelope anthropologists appointed approximately archaeological archaeologists artifacts asserted atmosphere authorities availability available average awareness aztecan barren basin birthing bison boughs breechcloth brigham busiest camouflage captives casino cedar census ceremonies ceremony challenged collected colorow colorow's combination communicate consuming continents controlled cooperated cottontail coverings cremate crevice cultures currently curved dawes decline decorative deerskin defied depleted descendants desirable despite determined diameter diapers dietary disappointed diseases dispose distances doeskins earliest ease eastern economy educated educating education elders elevations elsewhere emphasis employed emptiness enclosure enhanced environment european europeans eutaw evidence exclusively exert factional favored flourished forked formal fremont fremonts frequently fuego funnel further future gamble gatherers gathering generated generation genetic genetics glaciers government grande greatly grizzly grouse groves growth guadalupe guardedly hardened harmony harvest harvested heating herd herds heritage hidalgo highly hopeful host hosting household housing idaho illegal immigrants immunity improve inappropriate income increased independence independent individual industriousness infant's inserted insoles intent interaction interference introduction involved jackrabbits jewelry labor language languages lashed leadership leases leatherlike leggings legitimate level likely livestock location lowered major mammoths marshes massacre materials maternal meats meeker menstruating menstruation mexican mexicans migration migrations milder mineral minimal mining mississippi mobile molting mormon mountainous movement multiple muskrat nathan national necklaces neighbors netted nevada newly nickname nicknames nineteenth nomadic nomads nonindians numic object observers occasion occasions occupied occurred officials opponent's opportunity opposite organization organizations outcome pacific paiute participate particular particularly partner partylike passage paternal peace percent performing permanent persecution pierced pinecones pinons plains platforms plentiful policy political population pottery pouch poverty practiced pregnancy pregnant preparation primary provided providing provisions proximity puberty pueblo pursuing quantities raiding raising ranged rasplike rebel rebellion recent recently rectangular reeds referred region regions reinforcements related relations relative relatives religious remarrying remotely removal represented reservation reservations resource resources respected responsibility restrictions result resulted revolt revolted revolution rio rival rounded ruthlessly sage sandals sanovick scent season seasonal selected separate settlement settlements seventeenth shaft shallow shamans shared shelters shinny shortly shoshone siberia siege similar similarities sinew sixteenth social sole solutions somewhat soups source southern southwest speared specific spending spouse spouses sprang stalked staples steele stews straightening structures subdivision suggest supplies surrounded survival survive taboos temporary tendons territory theory throughout tierra tipi tipis traders traditional traditionally trampled treaty tribal tribally umbilical unable unemployment unitah utahs ute valuable valued variety various venison vessels warriors waterfowl weapons weirs whites whitetail woolly woven yucca