Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 5–6+ contains 27 poem selections organized around these engaging themes:
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Generations & Legacies
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Seasons of Life
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Outside My Window
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War & Peace
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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:
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literal comprehension
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sequence
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word meaning
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context clues & inferences
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main idea and details
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