Collection Analysis Report
for Scary Stories
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 16 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.
(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (15 books)
- Horror (7 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (5 books)
- Mystery (4 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 13 of 16 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: 805 (Range: 540 - 1350)
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 |
11-12 | 1185-1385 | 11.20-14.10 | 67-74 | 10.34-14.20 | Z+ | 9.57-12.00 | 12.30-14.50 |
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 16 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.
- 13 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 22 Lesson Plans
- Total of 143 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on AdLit.org's "Scary Stories". 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/QLJ4DD5
Acceleration
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for AccelerationBlack Mirror
by Nancy Werlin
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Black MirrorCoraline
by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters
by Gail Giles
- Genres: Mystery, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2001
Death Note
by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
- Genres: Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Death NoteFull Tilt
- Genres: Horror, Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Full TiltThe Last Universe
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2006
The Lottery
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Martyn Pig
by Kevin Brooks
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Martyn PigRevenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1170
- Year Published: 2002
Revenge of the Witch
by Joseph Delaney and Patrick Arrasmith Joseph Delaney and Patrick Arrasmith
Book 1 of the Last Apprentice Series
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2005
A Rose for Emily
- Genres: Horror, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1270
- Year Published: 2007
The Ruins
by Scott Smith
- Genres: Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The RuinsScary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore
by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 1981
Skeleton Man
- Genres: Adventure, Horror, Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Skeleton ManThe Tell-Tale Heart
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1350
- Year Published: 1983
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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