Collection Analysis Report
for CPL Best Teen Nonfiction of 2018
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 5 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.
(5 of 5 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- English Language Arts (4 books)
- Graphic Novel (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Humor (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 5 of 5 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: 824 (Range: 510 - 1120)
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 |
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 5 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
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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.
- 15 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 13 Lesson Plans
- Total of 133 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Public Library's "CPL Best Teen Nonfiction of 2018". 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/QLZ37WT
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
by Sara Saedi
- Genres: Biography, Humor, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for AmericanizedBrazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for BrazenA Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
- Grades Used: 9, 10
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Hey, Kiddo
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
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