Collection Analysis Report
for Novels Written in Verse
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 23 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.
(23 of 23 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (23 books)
- Poetry (11 books)
- Nonfiction (8 books)
- Social Studies (7 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Health (2 books)
- History (1 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 11 of 23 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: 872 (Range: 650 - 1160)
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 2 of 23 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.
- 10 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 16 Lesson Plans
- Total of 164 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on LibrarySparks's "Novels Written in Verse". 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/QL2KC2P
Almost Forever
by Maria Testa
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
A Child's Introduction to Poetry
by Michael Driscoll and Meredith Hamilton
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1110
- Year Published: 2003
Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary and Paul O. Zelinsky
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 1983
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FruitlandsGonna Bake Me a Rainbow Poem
by Peter Sears
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1990
Heartbeat
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Art
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for HeartbeatHow to Write a Sentence
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
Hugging the Rock
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Immersed in Verse: An Informative, Slightly Irreverent & Totally Tremendous Guide to Living the Poet's Life
by Allan Wolf and Tuesday Mourning
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2006
Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry
by X.J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Andrew Portwood
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1999
The Legend of Zoey
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2006
North of Everything
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Peace, Locomotion
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2009
Pieces of Georgia
by Jen Bryant
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1160
- Year Published: 2006
Poem-Making: Ways to Begin Writing Poetry
by Myra Cohn Livingston and Lisa Desimini
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1991
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Poem-MakingReplay
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for ReplaySoul Moon Soup
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2002
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 1977
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Witness
by Karen Hesse
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for WitnessWorlds Afire
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Worlds AfireWriters Express: A Handbook for Young Writer, Thinkers, and Learners
by Dave Kemper, Ruth Nathan, Carol Elsholz, and Patrick Sebranek
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 1999
Writing for Kids
by Carol Lea Benjamin
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1989
Writing with Style
by Sue Young
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1997
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