Title - Tracker Author: Paulsen, Gary Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Every winter, John Borne looked forward to the days when he and his grandfather headed into the snowy Minnesota woods to hunt together. John admired the reverent, familiar way the old man had with the woods. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2418 5.6 960 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 75 Total # of Words 3068 # of Different Words 713 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2327 75.8% # of Hi freq words 305 42.8% % of Long Sentences 27.4 Low Freq occurs 94 3.1% # of Low freq words 73 10.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding. Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex plot Symbolism Mood/tone Topics Death *Animals Grandparents *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words admitting alongside approached borne borne's bursts calves chemicals clouding compose concentrated confusion crap dirtiest eunice filming flank grunts hissy holstein humor japanese jerking jolts kerosene knives knowing level loner looseness lungs manure memories milked milker milking mouthful nestled northern occupying oilcloth opposite peace poems poetry pressure reclean recoiled rhyme richness rinse ritual ruddy sagged season separate separator series sideways silage silo slaughter staggering stalls stock stomachs surely swamps syrup texture tiredness violence