Title - The Witch of Blackbird Pond Author: Speare, Elizabeth George Publisher: Dell Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Puritan neighbors regard Kit Tyler with suspicion, fear, and anger when she befriends an old woman accused of witchcraft. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2157 5.2 920 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 58 Total # of Words 2725 # of Different Words 963 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 1931 70.9% # of Hi freq words 372 38.6% % of Long Sentences 15.2 Low Freq occurs 255 9.4% # of Low freq words 207 21.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some 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 Features Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Dialect/Accents Topics *History Low Frequency Words aback aboard abruptly admiration admiring aft anchor anguish angular anticipation appealed assembled assistance assured astonishing boxlike breeches brigantine brimmed capstan civilized clambered colony consent contrast courage courtesy curious curiously curls current daft dangerously deadlights defiantly deliberation destination disappointing disapproval disembark disheartening dismay dour dwelt eagerness earthen eaton eatons echoed embarking embarrassment flattered flung flushed forbidding forecastle forthrightly fortification fringed glance glancing glimpse grasped grateful groaning guiltily hankering harbor hawser headlong heathen helplessly hesitated horror hostile housewife hull hungrily husky ignored impulse impulsive impulsively indies inquired instinctively introduce introduction islands jumper katherine kerchiefs kindly laughter lightheaded lightly lingered longboat lumber mal mannered measure minded mistress mooring motion nathaniel naturedly needn't nimbly noisily noting numbed paddling pardon passage passenger passengers pinnaces planking plunged presumed prove proved provisions pure quarterdeck questioned readied realize reddened regretted repulsed retching retorted reveal ridiculous rigging rough sailor sailors saybrook scarcely scarlet scornfully scowled scrambled scrawny second's sensation senseless shabbily shared shimmering shouldering shoved shrugged silenced smacking sociable sodden spite springtime sprouted stench stiffly stout stowing strangely surely surrounding suspicion sympathy tainted tangled tedious teetered thrashing throng tilted trickles turquoise twas twill unbearable underfoot unexpected unimpressive unmistakable upriver upward vicious vigorous visible voyage wail warmth warned warrant wethersfield wharf whimper whitecaps widened wiry wistfully worship