Teachers, save “Reading Poetry: Sick by Shel Silverstein” to assign it to your class.

Read this poem several times. Notice how the poet uses imagery, emotion, and music. What is the meaning? part 1 Read the poem. (thinking about structure and your fluency) Pause the recording part 2 1. Share the literal meaning of this poem. 2. What is this poem REALLY about? (BIG idea) In the share what you learned about reading poetry. What are you really good at? What do you need to keep practicing?