Title - The Homework Lesson Author: Unknown Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In Ms. Rose's fifth-grade class, students must make sure they do their homework! It's true that no one likes to do homework, but what happens when you put it off? The pile grows and grows, Ms. Rose turns into a real monster, and life is not fun. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 541 2.8 650 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 28 Total # of Words 1234 # of Different Words 404 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 852 69% # of Hi freq words 180 44.6% % of Long Sentences 6.2 Low Freq occurs 50 4.1% # of Low freq words 40 9.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Additional activities Features Character traits Character development Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Topics Teacher/Teaching *Fictional Ideas/Charac Responsibility Low Frequency Words absolutely assigned assignments astonished burying cowering curious curled distracted donny exhausted extensions fully glared glimmer guarded handing immediately intently labored locate monstrous mysterious narrowing piling pleasant positively refused ryan sneer soared surely swept talons tolerate towered transform warned whipped whisper