Title - Whaling Days Author: Carrick, Carol Publisher: Clarion Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Describes the golden age of American whaling by tracing the history of the whaling industry from hunting in Colonial America to present day regulation and conservation efforts. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1650 4.5 850 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 36 Total # of Words 1915 # of Different Words 715 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 1171 61.1% # of Hi freq words 229 32% % of Long Sentences 12.1 Low Freq occurs 170 8.9% # of Low freq words 126 17.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental Glossary Index Features Integral Setting - Historical Topics Whales Searching/Hunting Undersea Life Nature *Animals Ocean *Economics Low Frequency Words aboard awe bail beached biscuit canoes carcass carriage churned colonies colonists compass competing corsets creature's crew's crewman disease disobeyed drogue drogues drowned dutch escaping exposed fastened fleet flurry forbade foul furious gam gushed harbor hardened hardtack harpoon harpooned harpooneer's harpooner harpoons hoisted hollow horizon hurtled ichabod imports industry kidnapped knitting ladies lances lantern lightweight massachusetts mast meanwhile nantucket navy necessities northern onshore pacific paddled paddock perch pilgrims plunging possessions precious prized process producing products prowls pure pursued raisins razor reasons renowned revolution rowed sailors scarce scrambled scrimshaw seawater section sections separated seventeenth severely shallow shower slack sleigh sociable source southampton sperm spermaceti spied spout stern stranded substance surfaces swallow thrashed thrashing tow towed tradition twelfth uncoiled valuable vineyard voyage voyages whaleboat whalebone whalemen whaler whalers whiz