Collection Analysis Report
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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.)
- English Language Arts (9 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Music (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Health (3 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Poetry (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: 741 (Range: 540 - 970)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
There are currently no items on this list with qualitative measurements.
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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.
- 2 Videos
- 8 Book Readings
- 10 Lesson Plans
- Total of 108 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on AdLit's "Press Play". 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/QLEYO9Z
Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion
by Paul Grushkin and Dennis King
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, Music
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Audrey, Wait!
by Robin Benway
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2008
Becoming Billie Holiday
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2008
Beige
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for BeigeBorn to Rock
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Born to RockA Crooked Kind of Perfect
by Linda Urban
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2007
Debbie Harry Sings in French
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Men / Boys
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2008
Heavy Metal and You
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2005
Just Listen
by Sarah Dessen
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Music
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Just ListenNick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 2006
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