Title - Give Me Half
Author: Murphy, Stuart J.
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Splitting things in half may seem like an easy thing to do, but when two siblings and a pizza are involved, things can get messy. Children learn about fractions at school but fractions are also an important part of everyday life outside the classroom. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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184 1.8 330 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 16 Total # of Words 338 # of Different Words 148
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 193 57.1% # of Hi freq words 59 39.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 3 0.9% # of Low freq words 2 1.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
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Rhyming
Topics
Sharing
Dividing
Family
*Feelings, Behaviors
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