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

* main idea and details