Title - The Blind Men and the Elephant Author: Backstein, Karen Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A retelling of the fable from India about six blind men who each get a limited understanding of what an elephant is by feeling only one part of it. Entertain Folk Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 240 2.0 500 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 706 # of Different Words 245 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 448 63.5% # of Hi freq words 100 40.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 0.6% # of Low freq words 4 1.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Inferences: Some implications Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Senses Observation Elephants Health Low Frequency Words ivory scent softness spicy