Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too by Shel Silverstein | CommonLit | Paired Texts

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Library Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too Paired Texts

by Shel Silverstein

2002

We've identified these texts as great options for text pairings based on similar themes, literary devices, topic, or writing style. Supplement your lesson with one or more of these options and challenge students to compare and contrast the texts. To assign a paired text, click on the text to go to its page and click the "Assign Text" button there.

Me and My Giant

Shel Silverstein

In "Me and My Giant," a speaker shares what it is like to be friends with a giant.

“Me and My Giant” with “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too” and ask students to discuss the power of friendship. How does the speaker feel about being friends with a giant in “Me and My Giant”? How does being friends make the speaker and the Giant’s lives better? How does friendship make Ickle Me, Pickle Me, and Tickle Me’s lives better in “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too”?

The Long-Haired Boy

Shel Silverstein

In "The Long-Haired Boy," a long-haired boy is bullied and flies away.

Pair “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too” with “The Long-Haired Boy” and have students pay attention to the characters’ reasons for flying away in both poems. Why did the characters in “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too” fly away? Why did the long-haired boy fly away in “The Long-Haired Boy”? How are the two reasons for flying away different? How are they the same?

Smart

Shel Silverstein

In "Smart," a boy tries to prove to his father that he is clever.

Pair “Smart” with “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too” and ask students to discuss how the poet uses humor in both poems. What makes “Smart” funny? What makes “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too” funny? How do the rhymes make the funny parts stand out?

Sick

Shel Silverstein

In "Sick," a girl pretends to be sick so she does not have to go to school.

Pair “Sick” with “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too” and ask students to discuss how the poet uses rhyme to create a rhythm for each poem. What is the rhyming pattern in “Sick”? What is the rhyming pattern in “Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too”? How does rhyming create a beat in each poem?