Collection Analysis Report
for Diverse Voices: Poetry for Teens
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 14 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.
(14 of 14 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Poetry (14 books)
- English Language Arts (13 books)
- Spanish (5 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Picture Book (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 1 of 14 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: 910 (Range: 910 - 910)
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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4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
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 14 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.
- 17 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 5 Lesson Plans
- Total of 171 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Colorin Colorado's "Diverse Voices: Poetry for Teens". 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/qlFRHZV
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern, Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2002
Apple: (Skin to the Core)
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2020
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada), Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Hispanic in the United States
by Lori Carlson and Oscar Hijuelos
- Grades Used: 10
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1994
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love
by Pat Mora
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
A Fire in My Hands
by Gary Soto
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1992
Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish
by Juan Felipe Herrera and Karen Barbour
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults, 1984-1999
by Pat Mora and Anthony Accardo
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2000
Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing
by Gary Soto
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States
by Lori Carlson and Oscar Hijuelos
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
Shattering and Bricolage
by David Bowles
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
A Suitcase of Seaweed and Other Poems
- Genres: Picture Book, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1996
The Tree is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and Stories from Mexico with Paintings…
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1995
Wachale!: Poetry and Prose about Growing Up Latino in America
by Ilan Stavans
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
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