Poetry for Young People 

Written by: Emily Dickinson

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Copyright date: 1994

Pages: 48

Genre: Poetry

Grade Level: 5-8th grade

Summary: This book is a collection of poems written by Emily Dickinson for young people. The illustrations are beautiful and are perfectly matched with the poems written. Most of the poems are written about nature and the beauty of it. One thing I thought was neat about this book is that it includes definitions of the more difficult vocabulary used in the poems. The definitions are found at the bottom of the page in which they are used on. 

Classroom use: With the use of difficult vocab words, this book would be a great one to have students read to learn new vocabulary. More specifically it can be used when teaching older students about poetry because the rhyming isn't as obvious. It is a good example to transition from the sing song rhyme to more advanced rhyme schemes. 

Rating: 

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Plot	Plot is well developed with a sequence of events. The events are in good logical order. There is a clear conflict and resolution.	Plot contains a sequence of events. The events are in order but the conflict is not clear or does not contain a clear resolution.	There are events but they are not in good chronological order. The climax and resolution are lacking or not present.	Not addressed	*The poems tell about specific objects or animals and describe them so there isn’t really a plot with events or a conflict and resolution.
Characters	Characters are well developed with clear roles and contribute to the story. Reader is able to personally connect with the character(s).	Characters have clear roles within the story. Reader is not able to connect with the character(s).	Character(s) are present but do not have clear roles. Reader is not able to connect with character(s).	No characters developed	** Sometimes it is hard to figure out what a poem is about but the illustrations help alleviate that confusion.
Style and Language	Book contains precise vocabulary, figurative language, and or dialogue. When dialogue is used it is effective and not distracting.	Book contains precise vocabulary and/or figurative language. When dialogue is used it is distracting.	Book contains very little precise vocabulary and no figurative language or dialogue.	Book contains no precise vocabulary or figurative language. No dialogue is used.	*** This collection of poems contains a lot of precise vocabulary and includes definitions of the difficult words at the bottom of the pages.
Theme	There is a clear theme and it is easily identifiable by the story.	There is a theme but it is a little more difficult to identify.	The theme is almost impossible to identify.	There is no theme.	*** There is a clear theme to each of the poems contained in this book.