Collection Analysis Report
for Asian Pacific American Heritage
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 11 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(11 of 11 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (9 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Graphic Novel (2 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- History (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 9 of 11 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 735 (Range: 530 - 1080)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 3 of 11 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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- Exceedingly
Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 11 Videos
- 6 Book Readings
- 17 Lesson Plans
- Total of 137 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on AdLit's "Asian Pacific American Heritage". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QLPRZZ9
American Born Chinese
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Eyes of the Emperor
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2005
Kira-Kira
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Kotuku
- Genres: Mystery, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Pacific Islander / Oceania
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for KotukuNecessary Roughness
by Marie G. Lee
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 1996
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Re-Gifters
by Mike Carey, Sonny Liew, and Marc Hempel
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Re-GiftersShe's So Money
by Cherry Cheva
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2008
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
by Anne Fadiman
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian, Disability, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1997
Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time
by Lisa Yee
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2005
A Step from Heaven
by An Na
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 1997
Yell-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American
by Vickie Nam
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1080
- Year Published: 2001
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