Collection Analysis Report
for HCS 11th Grade Recommended Texts
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 21 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.
(21 of 21 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (19 books)
- Social Studies (9 books)
- Historical Fiction (6 books)
- Poetry (5 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Drama (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Picture Book (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 of 21 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: 1017 (Range: 500 - 1340)
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 10 of 21 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.
- 100 Videos
- 35 Book Readings
- 205 Lesson Plans
- Total of 378 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "HCS 11th Grade Recommended Texts". 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/QLS7288
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
by T.S. Eliot
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1976
I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2002
Song of Myself: And Other Poems by Walt Whitman
by Walt Whitman, Robert Hass, and Paul Ebenkamp
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
I, Too, Am America
by Langston Hughes and Bryan Collier
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2012
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1994
A Clean Well-Lighted Place
by Ernest Hemingway
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1933
A Jury of Her Peers
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
The Story of an Hour
by Kate Chopin
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2000
The Yellow Wallpaper
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
by Mark Twain
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1965
Young Goodman Brown
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 1884
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Exceedingly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
- Grades Used: 12
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 1340
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
The Great Gatsby
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1010
- Year Published: 1925
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 1937
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Trifles
- Genres: Drama
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for TriflesThe Awakening
by Kate Chopin
- Grades Used: 11, 12
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 1899
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: Very Complex
Walden, or Life in the Woods
- Grades Used: 11, 12
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 1300
- Year Published: 1854
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Exceedingly Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Exceedingly Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
The Scarlet Letter
- Grades Used: 11, 12
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1280
- Year Published: 1850
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Exceedingly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Crucible
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 11, 12
- Genres: Drama, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1320
- Year Published: 1953
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: Exceedingly Complex
A Raisin in the Sun
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
- Genres: Drama
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1959
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
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