Read & Understand Poetry Resource Book, Grades 5-6+
The simple, structured lessons of Read and Understand Poetry are designed to help teachers guide students in reading and responding to poetry. The poems include contemporary and classic selections chosen especially for each grade level. 144 pages.
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
