Title - Show and Tell Author: Munsch, Robert Publisher: Annick Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Ben decides to take his baby sister for show and tell, she simply won't stop crying. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 268 2.1 520 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 28 Total # of Words 743 # of Different Words 193 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 446 60% # of Hi freq words 87 45.1% % of Long Sentences 2.4 Low Freq occurs 6 0.8% # of Low freq words 2 1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Topics Mothers Doctors Babies Protection *Schools & Education Noises School Low Frequency Words knapsack unfortunately