Collection Analysis Report
for YHBA 2016-2017 Gr. 6-8
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 20 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.
(20 of 20 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (19 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (9 books)
- Adventure (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- History (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Biography (3 books)
- Mystery (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Sports (3 books)
- Graphic Novel (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Music (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 20 of 20 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: 729 (Range: 420 - 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 6 of 20 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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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.
- 35 Videos
- 31 Book Readings
- 44 Lesson Plans
- Total of 350 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on AISLE - Association of Indiana School Library Educators, a division of the Indiana Library Federation's "YHBA 2016-2017 Gr. 6-8". 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/QLNYWDV
Chasing the Milky Way
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Science
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2014
Counting by 7s
- Grades Used: 7, 8
- Cultural Experiences: Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Echo
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Frostborn
by Lou Anders and Justin Gerard
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FrostbornGreenglass House
by Kate Milford and Jaime Zollars
- Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2014
How the Beatles Changed the World
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1160
- Year Published: 2014
I Kill the Mockingbird
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2014
If You're Reading This
by Trent Reedy
- Genres: Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2014
The Iron Trial
by Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, and Scott M. Fischer
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2014
March Book One
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Book 1 of the March Trilogy
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
Book 1 of the Ms. Marvel (2014/15) Series
- Genres: Mystery, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Asian (Global), Gender, Muslim, South Asian, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 420
- Year Published: 2015
The Night Gardener
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Selection
Book 1 of the Selection Series
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2012
Steelheart
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SteelheartStella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Swap
by Megan Shull
- Genres: Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The SwapTabula Rasa
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Tabula RasaThreatened
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for ThreatenedUnbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
- Grades Used: 8, 9
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
The Walk On
- Genres: Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
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