Text Complexity Differentiation Report

for International Books, 2009

Quantitative Measures

Below is the low, high, and average Lexile® levels for the books in this list. We hope this range shows the variety and differentiation that you want for these titles.

(27 of 40 titles have known Lexile® levels.)

Lexile® Average: 733 (Range: 420 - 1110)

Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk

Grade Band	Lexile^®	ATOS	Degrees of Reading Power^®	Flesch-Kincaid	Fountas & Pinnell	Reading Maturity	SourceRater
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

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Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]

Qualitative Measures (BETA)

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 that you want for these titles.

(4 of 40 titles have known qualitative measurements.)

Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges

= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values

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Moderately
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Meaning

Text Organization

Use of Visual Features

Conventionality

Vocabulary

Sentence Structure

Life Experience/Subject Knowledge

Cultural Knowledge/Intertextuality

Qualitative measures for each title are determined by professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics, and results are crowd sourced for each title. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks, so only a small percentage of all titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?

Genre & Curricular Area Measures Summary

Below please find the most common Genres and Curricular Areas for the books in this list. We hope this information shows the variety and differentiation that you want for these titles.

(40 of 40 titles have genres or curricular ares.)

Genres

Realistic Fiction (15 books)
Science Fiction / Fantasy (9 books)
Historical Fiction (7 books)
Adventure (6 books)
Humor (6 books)
Fairy Tales / Folklore (5 books)
Mystery (3 books)
Nonfiction (2 books)
Holiday (2 books)
Graphic Novel (1 books)
Horror (1 books)
Biography (1 books)
Poetry (1 books)

Genres Not Represented

Curricular Areas

English Language Arts (38 books)
Science (6 books)
Social Studies (6 books)
History (5 books)
Health (2 books)
Math (1 books)
Music (1 books)

Curriculas Not Represented

Genre and Curricular Area categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.

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.

30 Videos
26 Book Readings
21 Lesson Plans
Total of 257 resources

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Details for Each Book

Below are the titles on United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)'s "International Books, 2009". 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://www.teachingbooks.net/qlz9ghb

Bog Child

by Siobhan Dowd

Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Realistic Fiction
Lexile: 530

Qualitative Measures: