Title - School Play Author: Wells, Rosemary Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Mrs. Jenkins annuonces that her class of stars is going to put on a school play about dental hygiene, everyone is thrilled! But when Mrs. Jenkins assigns roles, Yoko gets a clinker-- the cavity! What will she do? Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 284 2.2 530 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 18 Total # of Words 785 # of Different Words 287 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 468 59.6% # of Hi freq words 119 41.5% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 30 3.8% # of Low freq words 17 5.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Topics Teeth Dentists Plays *Careers *Human Body & Health *Schools & Education School Low Frequency Words caramel cavity curtain daddies excellent flossed frankenstein franks imaginations mamas mouthwash plucked spotlight surely violin wisdom woweeeee