Title - Time Cat Author: Alexander, Lloyd Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Jason and his magic cat Gareth travel through time to visit countries all over the world during different periods of history. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1441 4.3 830 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 47 Total # of Words 1749 # of Different Words 646 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1186 67.8% # of Hi freq words 268 41.5% % of Long Sentences 9.7 Low Freq occurs 128 7.3% # of Low freq words 89 13.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple Plot Topics Time Travel/Traveling *History Cats *Animals Pets Low Frequency Words accompanied accomplished angrily ankh approaching atum ceremonies certainty courtyard crouched curiously curled despised disappointed distinguished drowsing echoed egyptian egyptians gareth gareth's goddess gripped grove hoping hunched hymn immediately indignantly interrupted khet knowledge language ledge linen mention merit minor miserably model motionless naturally neter objection occasion otherwise papyrus preferred priests procession protection ptah purse realize reveal robed sacred sayer scowled scribe scrolls separated shaven shield sought statue statues staves streamed suggestion suspected symbol thine thoth timidly tourist ubaste uncapped uncomfortably uncurled vengeance warn wavered whiskers worship worshipers worshiping wretched younger