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Adams-Friendship American Experience
  • History and Literature Units
    • American Issues: Present - 1980
    • The Cold War: 1980-1945
    • Wars of the 20th Century
    • Social and Cultural Change: 1945 - 1890
    • Reconstruction: 1898 - 1865
    • Slavery >
      • Uncle Tom's Cabin
      • Stowe's Homes
      • Uncle Tom: Compliment or Insult?
    • Ante-Bellum America (Pre-Civil War) >
      • The Scarlet Letter
    • The American Revolution
  • Units
    • Writing Units >
      • Pacing
      • MLA Formatting and Structures
      • Sentence Fluency
      • Fancy Punctuation
      • Sequencing
      • Active and Passive Voice
      • Speed and Automaticity
      • Rhetoric
      • Professional Presentation
    • 7 Themes of History
    • Final Exam
  • Class Calendar
  • Stuff You Need
    • Class Rubrics
    • Anchor Papers
    • Grade Contract
    • American Experience Procedures
    • Google Docs Sharing
    • Our Shared Google Folder
    • Specialized Search Engines and Searching Tips
  • About
    • American Experience
    • Ms. Ringelspaugh and Mr. Palmer
    • Top 10 Things to Know about American Experience
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Former Student Testimony
    • Photo Gallery
    • Homework Philosophy
    • Technology Philosophy
    • How to Come to Class Prepared
    • Late Work and Reassessment Policy
    • Avoiding Plagerism
    • Achieve 3000
    • Remind 101
    • Growth Mindset
    • The ACT
    • Quotes
  • Contact Us
  • Links

What is Lexile?

Lexile is a measure of text complexity, based soley on the complexity of sentence structures and the complexity of vocabulary.  Lexile does  not take into account plot structures, school or age appropriate content, or complexity of figurative and metaphorical language.  For example, The Color Purple, a book in the 600 Lexile range, which is about a 5th or 6th grade Lexile Level, has a rape scene. Lexile is not the only factor teachers and educational professionals use to determine what to put in front of students.

However, it is a useful tool.  We are going to self-assess our Lexile scores at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of the school year.  In American Experience, we want you to have around a 1300-1400 Lexile by the end of the school year, a score that will make college reading comfortable for you.  Our periodic self-assessment will make sure that Mr. Palmer and Ms. Ringelspaugh are helping you improve your Lexile score.

Want to know more about Lexile?  Want to know where your favorite books or magazines score?  Watch the introductory video below or visit Lexile.com.

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