Use this packet to celebrate Women's History Month, National Poetry Month, the Solar Eclipse, or as part of your poetry unit. Students read biographical information about the poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox. They then read 2 poems, "Lost Nation" and "A Solar Eclipse." Finally, they answer 11 inferential multiple-choice questions and write an objective summary of "A Solar Eclipse".This is a timely lesson to use around the Total Solar Eclipse, also known as the Great American Eclipse occurring April 8,