Collection Analysis Report
for Explore New Genres: Biographies
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 10 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.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Biography (10 books)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- History (7 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- English Language Arts (3 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Sports (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 10 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: 906 (Range: 380 - 1130)
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 5 of 10 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
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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.
- 7 Videos
- 6 Book Readings
- 13 Lesson Plans
- Total of 131 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on AdLit's "Explore New Genres: Biographies". 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/QLKBFOZ
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Escape!Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 2005
High Hopes: A Photobiography of John F. Kennedy
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for High HopesHole in My Life
by Jack Gantos
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Our EleanorPersepolis: The Story of a Childhood
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 380
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: Health, History, Science
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson
by Michelle Y. Green and Mamie Johnson
- Grades Used: 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Music
- Lexile: 1020
- Year Published: 2002
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