Poetry in Six Dimensions

A perfect complement to high school literature classes, this cross-cultural collection features:
• six themes—family, portraits, nature, places, culture, and time
• well-known contemporary poets such as Gary Soto, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Li-Young Lee
• poems of varying degrees of difficulty
• footnotes, glossary, and biographical information
• thought-provoking questions on each poem and cumulative questions on each set

• A special literary focus in each anthology develops essential literary strategies and concepts.
• The anthologies focus on literature—reading and interpreting outstanding fiction and nonfiction by highly regarded authors.
• The literature selections are both challenging and relevant for students.
• The selections are easily differentiated for ELL students, struggling readers, gifted students, students at grade level, and students with different learning styles.

• A special literary focus in each anthology develops essential literary strategies and concepts.
• The anthologies focus on literature—reading and interpreting outstanding fiction and informational text by highly-regarded authors.
• The selections and academic vocabulary are both challenging and relevant for students and provide an appropriate mix of text complexity.
• The selections are easily differentiated for ELL students, struggling readers, gifted students, students working at grade level, and students with different learning styles.
• Writing prompts and suggested research projects encourage deeper analysis of the texts.
• Revised editions align instruction with a focus on close reading strategies and text-dependent questions and tasks. State standards alignment correlations are available for all titles.

• Teaching and Assessment Resources—active reading strategies; pre-, during-, and post-reading activities; writing workshops; multiple assessment opportunities; and more.

• Support for teaching each selection
• Direct instruction of reading strategies
• Selection quizzes and unit tests
• nit organizers for differentiating instruction
• Skill-building activities with graphic organizers
• Writing workshops with extended instruction
• Abundant extended project choices
• Writing rubrics for instruction and assessment