Collection Analysis Report
for Audio Time Machine
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 (11 books)
- Historical Fiction (10 books)
- History (8 books)
- Social Studies (7 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 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: 916 (Range: 630 - 1150)
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 6 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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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
- 15 Book Readings
- 35 Lesson Plans
- Total of 190 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Booklist's "Audio Time Machine". 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/QL62SXK
The Birchbark House
by Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich
Book 1 of the Birchbark House Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Bull Run
by Paul Fleischman and David Frampton
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 1993
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Bull RunCatherine, Called Birdy
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 1994
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
- Grades Used: 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
The King's Shadow
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 1997
Matilda Bone
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Matilda BoneThe Midwife's Apprentice
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1150
- Year Published: 1995
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Nightjohn
by Gary Paulsen and Jerry Pinkney
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1993
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Sarny
by Gary Paulsen and Jerry Pinkney
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SarnySoldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment & Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard…
by Gary Paulsen
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 1998
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