Collection Analysis Report
for ELA Mentor Texts Gr. 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 9 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.
(9 of 9 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (9 books)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Drama (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- History (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 4 of 9 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: 995 (Range: 600 - 1390)
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 9 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
- 6 Book Readings
- 17 Lesson Plans
- Total of 96 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Madison Metropolitan School District's "ELA Mentor Texts Gr. 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/QLB8BS9
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
by Susan Kuklin
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Transgender / Non-Conforming
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2014
Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing from the Pen Program
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Doing TimeEnrique's Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Exceedingly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Fences
by August Wilson August Wilson
Part of the Century Cycle, The
- Genres: Drama, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1986
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FencesMaya Angelou
by Maya Angelou, Edwin Graves Wilson, and Jerome Lagarrigue
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Maya AngelouMentor Author, Mentor Texts: Short Texts, Craft Notes, and Practical Classroom Uses
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2011
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1390
- Year Published: 2010
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
by Jeff Hobbs
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Men / Boys
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1220
- Year Published: 2014
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
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