Station+5+-+Practicing+with+the+Data

Whether you plan to teach or to work in another public service profession, it's useful to practice synthesizing the data you've collected about your target audience. Below is some of the data from the adolescents to whom we sent our survey; Please use the steps below to address this issue with your group.

1. Look through the surveys from 10 of Lyndsey's students. What patterns do you see? What stands out?

2. Browse through the following links to annotated lists of YA novels. What might be a text your group would choose? Why?:
 * [|YALSA] (Young Adult Library Services Association - scroll down to annotated lists by year) [|www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists]
 * [|Goodreads] (an online social network for readers - click a title for synopsis) www.goodreads.com
 * [|Amazon] (a list compiled within Amazon by readers' ratings - click a title for more info) www.amazon.com

3. What would the Lexile (reading comprehension level) of this book be? Find out more at http://lexile.com/ (use the search box at the top right). How does this Lexile level compare to that of the students in this group? What challenges might that present?