Collection Analysis Report
for Nonfiction, 11-12
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 10 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.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Biography (10 books)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- History (7 books)
- Social Studies (7 books)
- Music (3 books)
- English Language Arts (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- STEAM (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 9 of 10 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: 980 (Range: 690 - 1190)
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 4 of 10 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.
- 14 Videos
- 12 Book Readings
- 10 Lesson Plans
- Total of 178 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Nonfiction, 11-12". 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/QLETKWY
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1020
- Year Published: 2009
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
by Arthur Flowers and Manu Chitrakar
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing
by Ann Angel
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Music
- Lexile: 1170
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Music
- Lexile: 1010
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for John LennonNo Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
by Susan Kuklin
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for No ChoirboyThe Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1190
- Year Published: 2009
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
- Grades Used: 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 990
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Exceedingly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2007
Yoko Ono: Collector of Skies
by Nell Beram and Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
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