Collection Analysis Report
for 8th Grade Recommended Book Titles
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.)
- English Language Arts (9 books)
- History (6 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Health (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Biography (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 9 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: 828 (Range: 590 - 1030)
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 7 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
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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- Moderately
- Very
- Exceedingly
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
- 10 Book Readings
- 64 Lesson Plans
- Total of 185 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Sacramento City Unified School District's "8th Grade Recommended Book Titles". 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/QLVKR28
All Quiet on the Western Front
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 1929
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very 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: Very Complex
Does My Head Look Big in This?
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2007
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card
Book 1 of the Ender Saga
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The House on Mango Street
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 1984
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Maus: A Survivor's Tale
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1986
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Night
by Elie Wiesel and Marion Wiesel
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, History
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 1986
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: Health, History, Science
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Queen's Own Fool: A Novel of Mary Queen of Scots
by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2003
Rules of the Road
by Joan Bauer
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 1998
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