Title - We Are The Ship Author: Nelson, Kadir Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This book explores the history of the Negro Leagues baseball teams, discussing owners, players, hardships, wins, and losses. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1887 4.8 880 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 43 Total # of Words 1434 # of Different Words 548 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 921 64.2% # of Hi freq words 199 36.3% % of Long Sentences 31.8 Low Freq occurs 127 8.9% # of Low freq words 96 17.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Headings Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Integral Setting - Historical Author Bias Mood/tone First Person Topics Baseball *Movement & Sports *Feelings, Behaviors Prejudice Low Frequency Words alongside ambition approach aspire available bot broomsticks bunt consistently cruel daydreamed dedication designed despite dickens disgracefully dodgers downright eloquently era fellow fellows fleetwood foreword forties foster fowler gentlemen's german gibson grant grateful honored improvise indianapolis inning instructions integrated irish jus leadership league leagues legendary legends leland major majors manager managers mattered measure memories migration milwaukee negroes neighborhood northeast northern opportunity opposing organized owed paige particularly passion practically preacher's professional prohibited protection protective puerto relatively requires rican robinson rookies roster rube satchel scarred shins sol southern spiked staves swallow tastin taylor thirties treatment tribute twenties volumes who'd