Collection Analysis Report
for CPS BOB 2018 Gr. 7-8
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 21 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.
(21 of 21 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (21 books)
- Social Studies (8 books)
- Adventure (7 books)
- History (7 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (4 books)
- Spanish (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Music (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 18 of 21 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: 796 (Range: 610 - 1250)
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 7 of 21 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.
- 36 Videos
- 23 Book Readings
- 38 Lesson Plans
- Total of 426 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Chicago Public Schools's "CPS BOB 2018 Gr. 7-8". 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/QLPMW8Z
All Better Now
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Beneath
by Roland Smith
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for BeneathThe Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2017
Felix Yz
by Lisa Bunker
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Felix YzThe First Rule of Punk
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Spanish
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
by Ellen Oh, Kelly J. Baptist, Soman Chainani, and Meg Medina
- Grades Used: 5, 8
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2017
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: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Frogkisser!
by Garth Nix
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Frogkisser!The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill and Yuta Onoda
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
by Tonya Bolden
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Math, Music, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1150
- Year Published: 2016
I Am Princess X
by Cherie Priest and Kali Ciesemier
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2015
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Humor
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Middle Eastern, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Lily and Dunkin
- Grades Used: 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability, Gender, LGBTQ+, Transgender / Non-Conforming
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Lost Girl Found
by Leah Bassoff and Laura DeLuca
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2014
Miles Morales: Spider-Man
by Jason Reynolds and Kadir Nelson
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Motor Girls: How Women Took the Wheel and Drove Boldly Into the Twentieth Century
by Sue Macy
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1250
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Motor GirlsNo Small Plans
by Gabrielle Lyon, Devin Mawdsley, Kace Bayer, and Chris Lin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
The Only Road
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2016
Refugee
by Alan Gratz
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Up from the Sea
by Leza Lowitz
- Genres: Adventure, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Multiracial / Mixed Race, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2016
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
by Russell Freedman and Laura Williams McCaffrey
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2016
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