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A simile is when an author compares two things with the words like or as.

1. What does the author compare tonsils to in this poem?

2. Why does Peggy Ann McKay say she's no longer sick?

3. What rhyming words do you see in this poem?

4. What rhyming pattern do you see in this poem?

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Now that you've read some of Shel Silverstein's poetry,

what kind of person do you think this poet is? What does his

poetry say about him?

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1. What do you notice about the words in the poem?

2. What did the author do the words in the poem? Why?

3. What is a runny?

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1. Personification is when an author gives an animal or other non-

thing human like qualities. What examples of personification can

this short story?

2. Why do you think the author personifies the lion?

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Answer questions about these poems:

1. Who is the poem about?

2. What is the main thing the poem is about?

3. What is the setting of the poem?

4. Poetry often includes rhythm or meter which is the pattern of the beats. Listen to the

poem again. Tap along with the author.

5. Rhyming words end with the same sound. What rhyming words can you hear? In which

lines do you see rhyming words?

6. Alliteration is when two words begin with the same sound. What words alliterate in

poem?

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Shel Silverstein: 'Runny on Rount Mushmore' from Runny Babbit

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Open your eyes and tickle your mind! Welcome to Shel Silverstein's world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own. Visit www.ShelSilverstein.com, the official site for kids, to learn about Shel Silverstein's books, watch exclusive animations, play games, and download fun activities.

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Shel Silverstein: Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back

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Shel Silverstein: 'Backward Bill' from A Light in the Attic

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Shel Silverstein, creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, recites the poem 'Backward Bill' from A Light in the Attic, written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. Visit www.ShelSilverstein.com, the official site for kids, to learn about Shel Silverstein's books, watch exclusive animations, play games, and download fun activities.

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Directions:

Share your response to any of the poetry by clicking on the page

near the poem. Type in your name and your ideas about the poem.

Tell what did YOU liked or disliked about the poem and tell why.

Was there anything you didn't understand?

It's OK to say that you weren't quite sure what the poem meant.

What was your favorite word in the poem?

Try to answer most of the questions I posted.

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Shel Silverstein: 'Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too' from Where the Sidewalk Ends

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1. What might you see, hear, taste, smell or touch if you were Ickle Me, Tickle Me, or

Pickle Me?

2. I wish that the author had included ___________ in the poem.

3. Where do you think they're going?

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1. Write a letter to the boy explaining your thoughts

what he did. Start with the words...

"Dear boy, I'm sorry to tell you that..."

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1. What message is the author trying to convey or

help you understand?

2. This poem reminds me of the time that...

3. Onomatopeias words that represent sounds.

What can you find in this poem?

4. What words could you change to make the monster

sound polite?

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Shel's Biography

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Read this poem and respond it with the assignment below.

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This poem makes me feel...

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Best Collection of Shel Silverstein Poems

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Shel Silverstein: 'The Toy Eater' from Falling Up

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The Terrible Toy-Eatin' Tookle is just one of the unforgettable characters you'll meet in Falling Up, the wondrous book of poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein the creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and the modern classic The Giving Tree.

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1. Name some of the rhyming words you hear in Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout.

2. A simile is when you compare two unlike things with the word like or as. For example,

Her lips were as red as rubies. Her lips are being compared to the red color of rubies.

Can you write a simile about the trash? The trash pile was as _______ as a _______.

3. What happens when we aren't responsible about doing our chores?

4. Things we need to do are often written in lists. What do you notice about the

in this poem? Lists often create repetition, which can create a pattern or a song-

quality in poetry.

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Soggy beans and tangerines

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An alliteration is Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout.

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high and sky

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The trash was as high as the sky.

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The trash pile was as smelly as a pig pen.

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The chores get bigger and pile up when we don't

do them.

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Backward Bill

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On a backward hill

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This poem us mostly that everything

is backward.

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Bill and Hill

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An alliteration is Backward Bill.

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back and shack

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floor and door

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a lion talking

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A lion who eats marshmallows and blackberries

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a lion who gives up

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They changed the first letter of the words around.

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They switched them around to make a funny poem.

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A runny is a bunny!

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Don't just leave your toys on the floor, you should pick

them up.

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My brother took my toy and I was trying to find it.

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One time when I didn't pick up my toys and my mom told me to, she picked them up and threw some of them away!

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Dear boy,

I'm sorry to tell you that a dollar is more than two quarters because

quarters only equals 50 cents and a dollar is worth 100 cents.

Even though 4 nickels are more coins than 3 dimes, it's less money. 3 dimes are worth 30 cents, but 4 nickels are only worth 20 cents.

4 nickels are worth more than 5 pennies because 4 nickels are worth 20 cents and 5 pennies is worth 5 cents.

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I think they're going to a pickle store.

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They might see snowy hills.

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They might travel to the end of the world.

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Hug O' War

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Best Collection of Shel Silverstein Poems

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I think they're going to the ocean.

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Maybe the author is trying to personify the lion so that we will

want to save him.

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Sick
Sick "I cannot go to school today,"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more - that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue -
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke -
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb,
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my spine is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is -
what? What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is ... Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

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They saw the sun and the blue sky.

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They would taste coffee and mulligan stew.

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They felt the feathers and the leathers of the shoe.

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They might have heard a banjo like we did.

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good

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happy

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loving

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emotional

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Like not being a bully, being kinder and more loving.

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eye and dry

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numb and thumb

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weak and speak

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day and play

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Hear and ear

blue and flu

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choke and broke

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The rhyming pattern is A, B

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I think he is a person who likes to teach others

about things.

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What a great observation! What lesson is he

teaching in each poem?