Contains 27 poem selections organized around engaging themes
- Includes poems by well-known poets such as William Shakespeare, Vachel Lindsay, William Carlos Williams and Javaka Steptoe. Generations & Legacies, Seasons of Life, Outside My Window, War & Peace, Mirth & Magic.
- 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 and inferences, main idea and details.