Collection Analysis Report
for GCRA 2020, Intermediate
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 (10 books)
- Adventure (5 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (5 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Mystery (3 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (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 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: 681 (Range: 400 - 960)
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 2 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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- 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.
- 24 Videos
- 11 Book Readings
- 23 Lesson Plans
- Total of 159 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Arizona Library Association (AzLA)'s "GCRA 2020, Intermediate". 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/QLNENPK
The Castle in the Mist
by Amy Ephron
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2017
The Elephant Thief
by Jane Kerr
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
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
The Great Pet Escape
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 400
- Year Published: 2016
The Great Shelby Holmes
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2016
Home Sweet Motel
by Chris Grabenstein and Brooklyn Allen
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2016
The Key to Extraordinary
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Mystery, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2016
The Magic Misfits
by Neil Patrick Harris, Lissy Marlin, and Kyle Hilton
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2017
Wishtree
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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