Title - When Jessie Came Across the Sea Author: Hest, Amy Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to the United States where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring her grandmother to the United States. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1240 4.0 790 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 27 Total # of Words 1832 # of Different Words 612 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1172 64% # of Hi freq words 254 41.5% % of Long Sentences 2.1 Low Freq occurs 70 3.8% # of Low freq words 50 8.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Inferences: Some implications 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: Concrete/Simple Social Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Integral Setting Simple Plot Topics Work Cultures *History Saving American History Grandparents *Life Styles Ships Moving *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words alas almighty almond announced auburn await bodice crisscrossed curled delicate freckles guidance handwriting harbor inspections languages levy liberty lining logic mordecai parlor passengers patches paused peace pelted pitied potbellied practiced pushcarts rabbi rabbi's scoffed seasick sewed shared shoemaker's shortly splintered statue stitched swapped swapping synagogue tattered trolleys villagers whipped widow