Title - The Wreckers Author: Lawrence, Iain Publisher: Delacorte Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, John attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2603 6.0 990 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 31 Total # of Words 4494 # of Different Words 1267 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 3324 74% # of Hi freq words 464 36.6% % of Long Sentences 12.9 Low Freq occurs 418 9.3% # of Low freq words 306 24.2% 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 Headings Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Clear cause/effect First Person Difficult names Dialect/Accents Topics Right/Wrong Danger Endangerment Ships Crime Rescue *Citizenship & Laws *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words ached aching admirals afloat aft aloft alongside angled arched avalanche backstay ballast barometer barren beacon beacons beckoned beckoning bilge billowing blockhouse boredom borne bowsprit breeks brig brig's broadside cable's cannonballs careened cargo carriage cautious circling clifftop cobblestones column combers compass coop cranked crevice crouched deckhouse deliberately desolate disobeyed drawn dread drowning eagled eerie emerged fetching figures flailed flecked fleet flimsy flotsam flung flurry foretopman frantic froth frothing furious furrow gasping gaunt gazed geyser ghostly glimmer glistening gritty groping guarding guide gulls gully gunshot gurgle hailed haired hammered haphazard harbor harness headland heartbeat heave heeled helm helmsman helmsmen hoarfrost hobbled hollow hooves horrid horror hull hunched hurled hurling hurtled hurtling idle im instant invisible isle ivory jagged jibs jogged jolt jutted jutting kelp labored lanterns lashing leagues ledge ledgers leeway linen linens longboat lowered luff madly mainsail maintop manacle manes marline massive mast masthead masts mizzen moor motions mussels mysterious nestled nightfall nowhere nowheres nubs nudging nuisance oiled oilskin overhanging overlapping paced parted patched pause pawing peered perches pigtailed pint planks plastered plume plundered plymouth portloe precipitous pulse ragged raisins raven reared reef reefs reeled reflected regiment reins rescuers ridge rigging riggins ringed roadbed rotting rounding rutted sailor salcombe sawdust scarlet scuppers scythe seaboots seagulls seamen's seaside seawall seawater second's series seventh shale shallow shallows shavings shawls sheltered shield shone shoreline shovel shrill shrouds silhouettes skidded skittering skulking skylight slack slithering soared somber southwest spat spencer spilling spindrift splice splinters spouts sprang sprawled sprinting staggered staggering starboard stations staves stern stiffen strayed stubble subsiding supine surf surge survivors swallowed sweat swept swirled swirling swollen t'aint tamped tangle tangled tangles tarred tarry thatch thereabouts thieves thrashed thrumming thunderclap tiers tinted tombstones topmast toppled topsail tousle towering trough turkish uppermost upright upward urging utter voyage waterline weathercocks weaving wheeling whitecaps whitewashed willfully windblown wooly wreckage wreckers wrestled wretched wrist yellowed