Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 5–6+ 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