Title - Show Time at the Polk Street School Author: Giff, Patricia Reilly Publisher: Yearling Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre It's time to get out the costumes, makeup, and props and start rehearsing. You can act out your favorite Polk Street characters in these three short plays. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 559 2.8 650 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 38 Total # of Words 1302 # of Different Words 457 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 758 58.2% # of Hi freq words 183 40% % of Long Sentences 0.9 Low Freq occurs 34 2.6% # of Low freq words 23 5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Unconventional format Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Chapters Features Topics Plays *Entertainment & Fun *Schools & Education Low Frequency Words audience barrettes cafeteria chalk chalkboard earrings elegant gloss mayflower medium onstage pilgrim properties props raises raisins scarf schoolbooks seventy sweater sweaters wad whispers