Title - The Westing Game Author: Raskin, Ellen Publisher: Avon Camelot Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Sixteen game players, heirs to Sam Westing's fabulous fortune, are all suspected of his murder. This book is part mystery story, part play-along game, and part do-it-yourself puzzle. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2809 6.5 1030 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 36 Total # of Words 2577 # of Different Words 957 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 1644 63.8% # of Hi freq words 371 38.8% % of Long Sentences 17 Low Freq occurs 248 9.6% # of Low freq words 181 18.9% 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 Excessive # of characters Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Foreshadowing Difficult names Topics Puzzles Challenges Money Problem Solving Crime *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words absolutely advice alcove appointment appointments approving assigned asylum authentic aviator's baumbach beige binoculars bookie breach breathtaking buckteeth burglar caution chandeliers conditioning content corpse craned crawling cuisine curling curved deckle decorator delicate doubled driftwood elegant elevator enthusiastic entrants erected estate excellent exclusive fella fellas fellow fitting flung gaping glance glassy glistening glittery gorgeous graceful gracie grappled gruesome grumbling haired halloween handlebars hassock horror housewarming ideal impatiently injury interior inventor irritated joyous judge junior lashed limper lobby lobby's lunatic luxuries luxurious maggots mansion maple mcsouthers measly michigan mirrored mowing mustache naw neighbor neighborhood neighbors newly northcliffe northrup northrup's oriental otis overjoyed parentheses paused peer peering pigtailed pivoted pleasant plush precious prick private property pudgy pulaski raving reflections restaurant rotting salary salesman secretary secretary's selected seniors servant service shielding shins shouldered shoveling shown shudder slicking sockets spasms specializing specially sprawled squinted startled stationary statues stocky straightening stubble supervising suspicious swallowed swirling tangled tearing tenant tenants theo theodorakis toothache trespassing trifle unbelievably unblinkingly uncommon unfortunate uniformed upholstered upkeep urged velvet violent warned warped westing westing's westingtown wexler wexler's whining whipped whizzing windsor wiry wobbled worldly