Collection Analysis Report
for GLBTQ Experience & Identity: 6-12
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 7 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.
(7 of 7 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (6 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Health (4 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- History (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 5 of 7 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: 880 (Range: 600 - 1340)
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 1 of 7 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.
- 13 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 6 Lesson Plans
- Total of 113 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "GLBTQ Experience & Identity: 6-12". 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/QL88ZCJ
Ask the Passengers
by A.S. King
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2012
Freak Show
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Men / Boys
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Freak ShowGay America: Struggle for Equality
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1340
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Gay AmericaHear Us Out!: Lesbian and Gay Stories of Struggle, Progress, and Hope, 1950 to the Present
by Nancy Garden
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, History
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Hear Us Out!I Am J
by Cris Beam
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Men / Boys, Transgender / Non-Conforming
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for I Am JThe Miseducation of Cameron Post
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2012
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
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