Collection Analysis Report
for SLA Curriculum Materials Grade 9
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 16 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.
(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (14 books)
- Social Studies (12 books)
- Biography (7 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- History (5 books)
- Health (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Graphic Novel (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- Drama (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 13 of 16 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: 808 (Range: 380 - 1400)
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 11 of 16 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.
- 51 Videos
- 22 Book Readings
- 125 Lesson Plans
- Total of 324 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "SLA Curriculum Materials Grade 9". 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/QLZTNMG
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2007
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: Very Complex
Monster
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Fallen Angels
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, History
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 1988
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: 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
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Lisa Frazier Page
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The PactPersepolis: The Story of a Childhood
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 380
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
Animal Farm
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 1945
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Of Mice and Men
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1937
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: Moderately Complex
Before We Were Free
- Grades Used: 6, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2002
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: Moderately Complex
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
- Grades Used: 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 1989
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately 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: Exceedingly Complex
The Bean Trees
- Grades Used: 12
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 1989
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: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Piano Lesson
Part of the Century Cycle, The
- Genres: Drama, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1990
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Persepolis 2The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History
- Grades Used: 11
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1400
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
The Days of Rondo
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1990
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