Title - What Mary Jo Shared Author: Udry, Janice May Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Mary Jo couldn't decide what to bring to school for show-and-tell. She decides to bring someone very special to her that surprises the whole class. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 424 2.5 620 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 36 Total # of Words 1289 # of Different Words 383 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 881 68.3% # of Hi freq words 178 46.5% % of Long Sentences 12.5 Low Freq occurs 21 1.6% # of Low freq words 15 3.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Character development Topics Sharing Fathers Classrooms *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education School Low Frequency Words attendance determined introduced laurie mined montana pondered pouring saluted shared shoved speech spite sweater youngest