"Sick" by Shel Silverstein

What is a synonym for wrenched?

• Fixed

• Injured

• Not painful

• Straight

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

After reading the last stanza, the reader can conclude

• The speaker does not feel well and needs medicine.

• The speaker was pretending to be sick in order to miss a day of school.

• The speaker is happy to miss a day of school.

• The speaker is starting to feel sick and has to miss school.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Write an example of imagery used in the poem.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

The poet wrote this poem

• To entertain the reader with a nonfiction poem.

• To entertain the reader with a humorous poem.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4