Sick by Shel Siverstein

Sick by Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today,"

said little Peggy Ann McKay.

The reader can conclude that the main character

• Does not enjoy going to school.

• She loves to learn and enjoys going to school

• Her parents dont want her to go to school.

Sick by.....

Who is the poet

• Shel Silverback

• Shel Silverstein

• Sick

• Peegy Ann Mckay

"You say today is...... Saturday?

Good bye I am going out to play!"

These line at the end of the poem helps the reader to conclude that

• Ann Mackay is feeling bad that she will miss school

• Ann MacKay is really sick

• Ann Mackay was pretending to be sick in order to miss a day at school

What did Ann Mackay realise at the end of the poem?

• It was a Saturday and a no school day

• She had do to lot of homework

• Ann Mackay became sad that she cannot go to school today

My back is wrenched and my ankle's sprained

Which word is a synoym for wrenched

• injured

• happy

• fixed

It might be instamatic flu

How many syllables are there in the word instamatic?

• One Syllable

• Two Syllables

• Multi Syllables

Describe what you pictured when you listened to this poem

"My temperature is one-o-eight."

What is Ann Mackay trying to say

• She has very high fever

• She wants to go to school

• She is sharing her favourite number

The poet wrote this poem

• to entertain the reader with a humorous poem

• to inform the reader about various diseases

• to share ideas on how to give exucuses for missing school

Choose one word to summarise the poem.