Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 5-6+;

Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 56+ contains 27 poem selections organized around these engaging themes: Generations & Legacies, Seasons of Life, Outside My Window, War & Peace, Mirth & Magic. Included are poems by such well-known poets as William Shakespeare, Vachel Lindsay, William Carlos Williams, and Javaka Steptoe. The first follow-up activity emulates the format students are likely to encounter on standardized language arts tests. Item content covers: literal comprehension, sequence, word meaning, context clues & inferences, and main idea and details.