Collection Analysis Report
for WAW 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 12 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.
(12 of 12 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Mystery (3 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 11 of 12 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: 717 (Range: 550 - 950)
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 5 of 12 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.
- 25 Videos
- 14 Book Readings
- 31 Lesson Plans
- Total of 242 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Emporia State University (ESU)'s "WAW 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/qlNSOGB
The Boundless
by Kenneth Oppel and Jim Tierney
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2014
Courage for Beginners
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- 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: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander Kwame Alexander
Part of the Crossover Series
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- 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: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
The Fourteenth Goldfish
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Greenglass House
by Kate Milford and Jaime Zollars
- Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2014
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune
by Jude Watson
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for LootThe Meaning of Maggie
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2014
A Million Ways Home
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2014
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 Time of the Fireflies
- Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2014
Under the Egg
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2014
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