Title - Where the Red Fern Grows Author: Rawls, Wilson Publisher: Bantam Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This is a simply written, moving story of the love between a young boy and his two dogs. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1663 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 41 Total # of Words 2792 # of Different Words 871 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 2180 78.1% # of Hi freq words 385 44.2% % of Long Sentences 10.6 Low Freq occurs 147 5.3% # of Low freq words 129 14.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Features Character traits Character development Simple Plot Topics Dogs Searching/Hunting Self Control Determination Saving *Animals *Feelings, Behaviors Pets Low Frequency Words advantage affected allotted aromatic atmosphere awakened bailing birches boxers boyhood caress caressed corncrib crosscut crude cur curled currents delicate devotion disease dogfight dogwoods dormant doubt drastic ease effect elders emptied familiar fascinated fellow fertile firelight foothills forgiven glistened gnaw gnawing goosepimples government gratitude grieve grove halfmoon hatfield's hedge highly hind humped hunger idaho illinois infected inspection interrupted jogging joints knotty knowing laced mantel memories minnows missouri motion nature neighbor nestled northeastern offerings ordinary pangs papaws peered practically quarts quench reared redbone redbuds residential restless rhythm rind riverbanks roamed romp rough rugged sanitation satisfied scalded scent scribbly section shimmer slashing snarling soreness squalling stirred straighten studded surfaces surrounded swept sycamores tangled tetons thumping twilight unbearable unfolded unfortunate unmistakable unselfish upright veins virgin waddling weary whimper whimpering whined whistling willingly woodshed