Collection Analysis Report
for ELA Mentor Texts Gr. 6
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 (7 books)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Biography (3 books)
- Picture Book (3 books)
- STEAM (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
- Social Studies (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 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: 808 (Range: 590 - 1080)
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 3 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
= 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.
- 9 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 18 Lesson Plans
- Total of 112 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Madison Metropolitan School District's "ELA Mentor Texts Gr. 6". 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/QL5NAH5
13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen
by James Howe
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for 13The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
by Chris Van Allsburg and Lemony Snicket
- Genres: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2011
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1080
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Shabazz Larkin
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Oh My Gods!: A Look-It-Up Guide to the Gods of Mythology
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Oh My Gods!Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Mary Azarian
- Grades Used: 4
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 1998
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
A Taste of Freedom: Gandhi and the Great Salt March
by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel and Guiliano Ferri
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2014
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