Collection Analysis Report
for GLGB, 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 8 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.
(8 of 8 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (7 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- Graphic Novel (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Nonfiction (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 8 of 8 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: 616 (Range: 360 - 760)
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 |
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 8 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.
- 38 Videos
- 15 Book Readings
- 26 Lesson Plans
- Total of 234 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Michigan Reading Association (MRA)'s "GLGB, 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/QLO4OE3
Apple in the Middle
by Dawn Quigley
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian, Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2018
Aru Shah and the End of Time
by Roshani Chokshi Roshani Chokshi
Book 1 of the Pandava Series, The
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Asian (Global), South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2018
Front Desk
Book 1 of the Front Desk Series
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2018
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: Very Complex
Illegal
by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and Giovanni Rigano
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Last
by Katherine Applegate Katherine Applegate
Book 1 of the Endling Trilogy, The
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The LastMartin Rising: Requiem for a King
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2018
The Prince and the Dressmaker
by Jen Wang
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Men / Boys, Transgender / Non-Conforming
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 360
- Year Published: 2018
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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