Title - The Wide Window Author: Snicket, Lemony Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans after they are sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine, who offers little protection against Count Olaf's treachery. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2083 5.1 910 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 59 Total # of Words 3489 # of Different Words 948 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2581 74% # of Hi freq words 434 45.8% % of Long Sentences 25.7 Low Freq occurs 206 5.9% # of Low freq words 143 15.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Chapters Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Difficult names Topics Danger Protection Brothers Sisters *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words accustomed allergic allergies allergy anwhistle's anxious apologizes apparent assured belch bouts burglar bustling cabdriver caretaker casting cautiously chemical cigarette cobblestone contradict coughing cousin's curb curling damocles delmo depths despised disembarked dowager drowned electricity electrocution engines fault ferry flowery fortune generous gesturing grammar gratings grocery grun guardian guilt hacking halt handing handkerchief handling hoping hurricane hurricanes hypnotized immediately improve infants inventing inventions irritating itchy kindhearted klaus lachrymose landscape language likely limes luggage mannered meaningfully medium memorable mention miserable misery model moments naturally neon nervously object occupied occur occurred olds orphans paragraph particular particularly paused peered peppermint peppermints perch phrase piers pleasure powell purpose pursuing radiator rearview recently recite regularly relative remarked renovations resort responsible restaurant reveal revolting rude scarcely schu scraggly season siblings situation sonny stations stiffly stilts stuttered suitcases thorny thrillingly toppling tour tragedy undergoing unfairness voracious werewolf wheezing widow youngest youngsters yourselves