Collection Analysis Report
for Graphic Novel Biographies - Gr 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 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.)
- Graphic Novel (10 books)
- Nonfiction (9 books)
- Biography (8 books)
- English Language Arts (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- History (4 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Physical Education (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 7 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: 587 (Range: 330 - 970)
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 |
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 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
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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.
- 34 Videos
- 4 Book Readings
- 9 Lesson Plans
- Total of 180 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "Graphic Novel Biographies - Gr 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/QLJ95SS
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
by Box Brown
- Genres: Nonfiction, Graphic Novel, Sports
- Curricular Areas: Physical Education
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2014
The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The BoxerThe Dumbest Idea Ever!
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 330
- Year Published: 2014
El Deafo
by Cece Bell
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Gandhi: My Life Is My Message
by Jason Quinn and Sachin Nagar
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for GandhiI Remember Beirut
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2008
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
by Lucy Knisley
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for RelishShackleton: Antarctic Odyssey
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for ShackletonStrange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
by Liz Prince
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
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