Can someone help me to understand this relationship. I am a reading teacher of an 7th grade advanced literature class. I have students reading in the 1100+ lexile range. I'm having difficulty finding young adult fiction books within their lexile range.
We are currently reading House on Mango Street which has a lexile of 870. Although the lexile is below their range, I believe the text is challenging and very thought provoking even though the sentence structure is not complex. I have parents who want to have child placed in the advanced reading class- who for various reasons did not meet the criteria. We are working on gathering information to present to the parents as to why a student who recieves A's in class does not "automatically" qualify for advanced literature. However, by going by the lexile alone, I don't know how I can argue that what he read in advanced reading is "above his level" Any thoughts? _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
