Title:
WWE Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to World Wrestling Entertainment
Bibliographic Information:
Shields, B., & Sullivan, K. (2009). WWE encyclopedia: The definitive guide to World Wrestling Entertainment. New York: Dorling Kindersly.
Weekly Requirement:
Pleasure Reading Middle School/High School
Plot Description:
The WWE Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to World Wrestling Entertainment is an encyclopedia of wrestlers from World Wrestling Entertainment. Each entry includes a color picture of the wrestler (or wrestlers if it's a tag team) and describes the wrestler's career and signature moves, as well as their best matches and the titles they have held. The encyclopedia also gives a brief history about the WWE industry itself. The entries are arranged in alphabetic order with larger entries for wrestling greats like Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant.
Quantitative Reading Level:
None given. The book is aimed towards upper-middle school.
Qualitative Reading Analysis:
The purpose of the text is explicitly stated. The structure includes simple organization, graphics, and text features. The language is American English and is simple and conventional. There is low demand for subject matter knowledge, although knowledge of wrestling is helpful for the reader to understand some of the wrestling moves discussed.
Content Area:
English Informational Texts
Maine Common Core Content Area Standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.5
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
Teachers and teacher librarians can use this book as a tool for reluctant readers who are wrestling fans to learn about encyclopedias and how they work. Teachers can also allow reluctant readers and wrestling fans to read the encyclopedia for pleasure reading assignments.
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