Frey, Sheila - Lang. Arts 7 / Finding Books & Lexiles

Finding Books & Lexiles:

Ferguson Library Catalog - http://library.beavercreek.k12.oh.us/cataloging/servlet/presentadvancedsearchredirectorform.do?l2m=Library%20Search&tm=TopLevelCatalog
Looking Up the Lexile Level of a Book
Finding Books at the Right Level Using Lexiles
Looking Up Books (Prices and Reviews) on Amazon.com
Scholastic Books and Authors for Kids - http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/books/?kid=stacks/nav/b_and_a/main
Scholastic Book Wizard - http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/

Lexile Ranges for 4th Quarter Book Report Project:

1400 and above : Your book's lexile can go as low as1200 but not more than 50 above your highest lexile score.
1300 - 1399: Your book's lexile can go as low as 1100 but not more than 50 above your highest lexile score.
1200 - 1299: Your book's lexile can go as low as1000 but not more than 50 above your highest lexile score.
1199 and below: Your book's lexile can go up to100 below but not more than 50 above your highest lexile score.

Potential Books to Read List:

Click here to complete and print a list of at least two potential books to read for 4th quarter independent reading.

Approved Authors for Independent Reading Book Reports:

Contemporary Authors:

Dean Koontz (sci-fi thrillers) - some books contain adult language and content; check with parents first!
Gary Paulsen (survival)

Classic Authors:

Jack London (adventure/survival)
Herman Melville (adventure/survival)
Mark Twain (realistic fiction/adventure)
Louisa May Alcott (realistic fiction)
Mary Shelley (sci-fi)
Agatha Christie (mystery)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (mystery)
Jane Austen (realistic fiction/romance)
H.G. Wells (sci-fi)
Louis Carroll (fantasy)
James Fenimore Cooper (realistic fiction)
Charles Dickens (realistic fiction)
T.S. Eliot (realistic fiction)
Jonathan Swift (fantasy and realistic fiction)
Robert Louis Stevenson (adventure/survival)
Edgar Allen Poe (horror)
Rudyard Kipling (adventure/realistic fiction)
William Shakespeare (drama)
The Bronte sister (Emily, Charlotte, and Anne) (realistic fiction/romance)
J.R.R. Tolkien (fantasy)
George Orwell

Classics

List of Classic Novels - You will need to check the lexile of these books to see if they fit into your range for the 4th quarter book report project. However, if the author is on the above approved author list, the actual lexile doesn't matter.