Measuring Text Complexity--3 factors
Text Complexity Grade Bands and Lexile Bands
  • Currently using "stretch" bands
Destiny Online Catalog
Find a book's lexile level:
  • Look the book up by title
  • Look at the bottom of the brief information for lexile level
To find all the books in a lexile level range
  • Select Lexile as reading program at the bottom of the library search page
  • Type in a range in the Lexile Measure search boxes
  • You can narrow by subject--fantasy, mystery, etc.
  • Lexile.com
    • Lexile Analyzer
      • Register /Login
      • Save as a Text file
      • Can only be 1000 words
Finding Non-Fiction Texts That Complement Novels
Webpath Express Database--Online Catalog
  • Webpath Express--located in the green navigation bar to the left of the catalog
  • Filters the internet
    • Saves time because it sifts out most commercial sites
    • Provides reliable information (paid database)
  • Fleisch-Kincaid Readability

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