Title - Waiting for Dolphins Author: Crowe, Carole Publisher: Boyds Mill Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Molly remembers the good times living aboard Emerald Eyes. She remembers how her father would say that dolphins were a sign of good luck. Those were happy days. But now the dolphins are gone, and happiness seems to have died with Molly's father. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1982 4.9 900 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 34 Total # of Words 2727 # of Different Words 847 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1988 72.9% # of Hi freq words 353 41.7% % of Long Sentences 7.9 Low Freq occurs 138 5.1% # of Low freq words 113 13.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Simple Plot First Person Topics Boats Preparation Mystery Death Fears Rebel/Rebellion *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Sea Low Frequency Words aboard aching alcoholics alcoholism alongside amended anchor anchored annoyance anon anonymous brogue broker carnival cautiously cloudless collected cruisers deliberate detective dinghy disease dockside dreary echo emerald exhaled fragile funeral gazing glared handkerchief handrail haze heavily hollow horizon hosing humor hurricane hurricanes immediately inflatable initially instantly intended irish ladies latitude laughter lifelines limply lovingly lowered luggage marina maryland mast mentioned mesmerized microphone motionless motoring murmured oiled ourselves outboard overboard palms pamphlets panic parched parlor partner pensive perch pleading possibility procession ragged recognized relatives relented righted roughly scanning scent schooner scuppers season sensible seriously shoved shrug shrugged sloop softened soiled souls spite staggered stainless stanchion startled static suggestion swallow tenderly trinidad universe upright upsetting venezuela