WE BEAT THE STREET: HOW A
FRIENDSHIP PACT LED TO SUCCESS
Davis, Jenkins, Hunt, & Draper
860L
This guide provides the Lexile® measure for every chapter in this book and is
intended to help inform instruction. This book’s Lexile measure is 860L and is
frequently taught in the 6th to 8th grade. Students in these grades should be
reading texts that have reading demand of 925L through 1185L to be college
and career ready by the end of Grade 12.
Lexile
Measure
1700L
1010L
1
Introduction
790L
2
"You Don’t Have To Cut My Foot Off, Do You?"
830L
3
"Oh, Man, You’re In Trouble!"
840L
4
"Isn’t That School In The Ghetto?"
940L
5
"We’re Gonna Jack Us Some Icees From Jack’s!"
640L
6
"How Much Do You Need?"
780L
7
"Are You Godzilla or King Kong?"
820L
8
"Yeah, Man, They Say The Driver’s Dead."
840L
9
"I Don’t Even Know Anybody Who Went To ...
940L
10
"You Kids Are Gonna Get Yourself Killed."
780L
11
"What’s Up With That? You Think You Better ...
740L
12
"A Sticky Web Of Bright Pink Silly String ...
750L
13
"I Think We Could All Do This—The Three Of ...
790L
14
"If He Dies, You Get Charged With Attempted ...
780L
15
"How Do You Plead?" The Judge Asked. ...
830L
16
"Not Only Had Their Sons Sruvived, But They ...
840L
17
"It Feels Good, Man. It’s Like Doing ...
810L
18
"The Boy’s Neck Bent In An Odd Way, And His ...
860L
19
"Yo, Yo, Yo! Check It Out! Check It Out!"
500L
890L
20
"For The First Time Since High School, The ...
400L
710L
21
"Driving While Black"
840L
22
"Sometimes You Gotta Fail In Order To ...
890L
23
"To Friends"
960L
24
Conclusion
1600L
1500L
1400L
LEXILE MEASURE
CHAPTER & TITLE
1300L
925L−1185L
College & Career
Ready Range For
6th to 8th Grade
1200L
1100L
1000L
900L
860L
800L
Lexile Measure
of the Book
700L
600L
300L
200L
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
CHAPTERS
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