Text+Complexity+Resources


 * TEXT COMPLEXITY**

Text Complexity and the use of these tools can provide educators with a platform for thinking about what considerations should be kept in mind when considering a text. It is as much as an "**instructional tool"** as it is a **"classification tool."** These tools work best in collaboration within Professional Learning Communities as a way to discuss scaffolding, multiple themes, background knowledge, vocabulary, text structure, etc, before ever entering into a text. = =

** KCK Scope and Sequence to texts taught by Cluster ** The Text Complexity gathered a list of what is currently taught 6th-12th Grade in each cluster of schools. This list will continue to grow as our resources change and develop. ** This represents what is taught at each grade level in each cluster. **

** Tools for Analyzing Text Complexity ** This is a guide to ensure that what our students are reading is balanced in terms of not only complexity but genre.
 * Reading Genre Wheel**

**Reflective questions for Matching Readers to Task,Purpose, and Text** Questions to consider when thinking of the tasks you want students to engage in:
 * Example of answers for Matching Readers to Task, Purpose, and Text**

** Qualitative Rubric for Literary and Non-Literary Texts ** Night
 * Examples for Rubrics:**

**Place mat for Recommendations**
 * Examples of Place Mats For Recommendation:**
 * [[file:Example recommendation Literary Non-Fiction Night.pdf]] (LITERARY NONFICTION NIGHT)**
 * [[file:Example recommendation Literature To Kill a Mockingbird.docx]] (LITERATURE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD)**

**Information for Text Complexity** Common Core realignment of lexiles for text complexity in regards to lexile
 * Text Complexity and Grade Band || Old Ranges || New ranges aligned to CCR expectation ||
 * 2nd and 3rd Grade || 450–725 || 450–790 ||
 * 4th and 5th Grade || 645–845 || 770–980 ||
 * 6th-8th Grade || 860–1010 || 955–1155 ||
 * 9th-10th Grade || 960–1115 || 1080–1305 ||
 * 11th Grade CCR || 1070–1220 || 1215–1355 ||

__**Examples of Text matching Grade Level reading: Appendix B**__ This document contains examples of text that fits the Text Complexity at each Grade Level. This is a great tool to use if you are struggling to find the appropriate text complexity. ____

__**TEXT COMPLEXITY DESCRIPTION**__ Findings suggest that pedagogy focused only on higher order or critical thinking and or test prep was insufficient to ensure that students were readers and were ready for college and careers. What students could read in terms of complexity, was at least as important as what they could do with what they read.
 * Research for Text Complexity **

//There are three areas of Text Complexity to consider when selecting text abbreviated:// **Reader and Task Considerations: (the professional educator)** State of Kansas work on Text Complexity where much of this information came from. Special Thanks to Matt Copeland [|http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4778#TextRes]
 * Quantitative**
 * Most measures typically use word length and sentence length
 * Some substitute word frequency for word length
 * Some use word frequency and sentence length to produce a lexile
 * Some focus on the cohesiveness of a text…how tightly a text holds together.
 * Qualitative**
 * Levels of meaning
 * Levels of purpose
 * Structure
 * Organization
 * Language Conventionality
 * Language Clarity
 * Prior Knowledge Demands
 * Prior Knowledge Demands
 * Motivation (teacher and student)
 * Knowledge and Experience
 * Purpose for reading
 * Complexity of the task
 * Complexity of questions asked regarding text