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Protected Reading List FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers:
Why do we need a Protected Reading List? As an extension of the Baseline Literacy Module trainings, a need was found to eliminate the widespread duplication of reading materials across the grade spans. Students were being asked to read the same pieces of literature within two and sometimes three grades.
Who decided and how did they decide which grades would receive which pieces of literature? A committee was formed of ELA teachers representing each grade and each school. Each teacher was asked to collect information from their respective ELA teachers on which title they were currently teaching and which title they though should be taught in their grade. The committee met and discussed the titles according to Lexile levels, age-appropriate subject matter, and purchased resources to decide fairly where the titles belonged.
What if teachers are still using old literature books and the title is in different grade levels depending on the edition or name of literature book? The newest literature book adopted and purchased by the district dictates which textbook titles are protected for that grade. If the title is in the newest adopted literature book, Holt Literature series, then the title “belongs” to that grade level.
Will AP and Dual Credit courses be required to abide by the Protected Reading List? AP and Dual Credit courses will be exempt from the Protected Reading List since those courses are governed by the regulations of the AP Board, or in the case of Dual Credit, or governed by the Higher Education agency for which it counts as an adjunct course.
Will the Protected Reading List only be for English and Reading teachers? Many of the social studies courses draw upon some of the same novels for outside reading as well. At this time, the Protected Reading List only contains the information submitted by ELA teachers, but Social studies teachers should be made aware of this list and should be included in the use of the Protected Reading List discussions.
Will teachers be allowed to survey their students at the beginning of a school year to find out what has and has not been read and then choose texts from lower grade to read based on survey results? Yes, since all teachers are not going to teach all of the Protected Titles listed for their grade, if a teachers surveys an incoming class and finds a title that was not taught prior to the class then that title can be taught by that teacher as far as this initiative is concerned.
6th grade Lexile 7th grade Lexile 8th grade Lexile
Hatchet by Gary Paulsette 1020L The Giver by Maniac McGhee 760L
The House of Dies Drear by
Virginia Hamilton 670L
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine
L'Engle 740L Holes by Louis Sachar 660L The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 750L
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 810L The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 820L
The Bridge to Terabithia by
Katherine Paterson 810L
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 670L
The Complete Stories of Flannery
O'Conner N/A Animal Farm by George Orwell 1370L
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli 690L
*The Golden Compass by Phillip
Pullman (alternates: Railsea by China
Mievelle or Coraline by Neil Gaiman)
930L
730L
740L The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 730L
When You Reached me by
Rebecca Stead 750L *Little Brother by Cory Doctorow 900L
The Diary of a Young Girl by
Anne Frank 1080L
A Christmas Carol by Charles
Dickens 900L Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling 800L
The Dark is Rising by Susan
Cooper 920L
Moon Over Manifest by Clare
Vanderpool 800L Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton 680L
Amos Fortune by Elizabeth Yates 1090L
Travels with Charley by John
Steinbeck 1010L
Watsons Going to Birmingham
by Christopher Paul Curtis 1000L A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 730L
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher
Paul Curtis 950L
Red Badge of Courage by
Stephen Crane HL680L
Maze Runner by James Dashner HL770L
Summer of my German Soldier
by Bette Greene 800L
The Cay by Theodore Taylor 860L
Where the Red Fern Grows by
Wilson Rawls 700L
Wonder by R.J. Palacio 790L
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie
Babbitt 770L
Middle School Protected Reading List Titles 2016-2017
*denotes a title whose content has been challenged due to a variety of reasons
9th grade Lexile 10th grade Lexile 11th grade Lexile 12th grade Lexile
The Blindside by Michael
Lewis 980L
A Separate Peace by John
Knowles 1110L
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott
Fitzgerald 1070L
Frankenstein by Mary
Shelley 810L
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue
Monk Kidd 840L Mythology by Edith Hamilton 1040L
*Their Eyes were Watching
God by Zora Neale Hurston 1080L
1984 by George
Orwell 1090L
*The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark
Twain 980L Uglies by Scott Westerfielde 770L Night by Elie Weisel 570L
Wuthering Heights by
Emily Bronte 880L
The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer by Mark Twain 950L Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 890L
The Scarlet Letter by
Nathaniel Hawthorne 1340L
Jane Erye by
Charlotte Bronte 780L
Maus I: My Father Bleeds
History by Spiegelman NP
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson
Story by Ben Carson 950L
All Over but the Shoutin' by
Rick Bragg 1160L
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen 1100L
Hound of the Baskervilles by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1090L
Of Mice and Men by John
Steinbeck HL580L
Catch 22 by Joseph
Heller 1140L
*Lord of the Flies by William
Golding 770L
*Speak by Laurie Halse
Anderson 690L
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi
Picoult 840L
*I Know why the Caged Bird
Sings by Maya Angelou 1070L
The City of Ember by Jeanne
DuPrau 680L
Unwind by Neal Shusterman 740L
To Kill a Mockingbird by
Harper Lee 790L
Drama/Major Work Drama/Major Work Drama/Major Work Drama/Major Work
Romeo and Juliet by
Shakespeare NP Julius Ceasar NP The Crucible by Henry Miller NP Beowulf by N/A NP
The Odyseey by Homer NP
Macbeth by
Shakespeare NP
Hamlet by
Shakespeare NP
High School Protected Reading List Titles
*denotes a title whose content has been challenged due to a variety of reasons
Suggested Guidelines for Parent Objections to Literary Assignments:
Guiding Rule: Any student whose parent objects to the approved and assigned literature
will be given an alternate piece of approved literature, equal in approximated length and
complexity as possible, to read in its place.
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) recommends: Schools should ensure
that the following principles are followed when a person files a complaint:
Complaints must be made in writing;
Complainants should identify themselves both by name/address, and by their
interest in the material (i.e., as a parent, student, religious leader, etc.)
Complainants must have read/seen the entire work to which (s)he objects;
The complaint must be specific about the reasons for the objection (i.e. calls upon
a broader knowledge or range of experience than students typically possess);
Complaints should request a specific remedy (i.e., an alternative assignment for
an individual, or removal/exclusion affecting the entire school community);
Complaints, standing alone, should never provide grounds for disciplining
teachers or librarians.
Would we want to post this for parents along with the other information on the site?
Five guidelines for evaluating whether or not a book in their child’s school warrants challenging:
1. Age appropriateness 2. Good taste 3. What are the educational goals/objectives and does the book achieve
them? 4. Is the book relevant to curriculum, standards of learning and programs
of instruction? 5. Is this book necessary?