Just Me

 
By Margaret Hillert
 Nobody sees what I can see,
For at the back of my eyes, there is only me.
And nobody knows how my thoughts begin,
For there’s only myself inside my skin.
 
 Isn’t it strange how everyone owns
Just enough skin to cover their bones?
My father’s would be too big to fit.
I’d be all wrinkled inside of it.
 
 And my baby brother’s is much too small.
It just wouldn’t cover me up at all.
But I feel just right in the skin I wear.
And there’s nobody like me anywhere.
 
Activity 1: Read Aloud
Listen as the teacher reads the words. Then repeat after
the teacher.
thought enough
skin wouldn’t
strange right
wrinkled wear
small myself
Activity 2: Choose the word that has a similar meaning to
the underlined word.
1. Whenever I listen to my teacher, I fill my mind with
thoughts.
actions feelings ideas
2. On my way to school, I saw people looking at the strange
dog
different common black
3. My baby brother stepped on my paper. It got wrinkled.

flat crumpled folded

4. Miss Carpena, our teacher told us to cover our books so
that it will be protected.
show bare wrap
5. I am so happy to wear my Grade 5 uniform.
break put on keep
Activity 3: Answer the questions about the poem “Just
Me”. Write the word/phrases that tells your answer.
1. What is inside your skin?
myself thoughts bones
2. What would happen if you will wear your father’s skin?
happy wrinkled glad
3. Who has a small skin?
baby baby myself
brother sister
4. How do you feel when you wear your skin?
feel feel feel
Sad right scared
5. Why can’t nobody see what you can see?
Because Because Because there’s
they are they do
only blind. not look
myself. like me.
Draw a if the sentence is TRUE about the poem
“Just Me” and if it is not.
_____ 1. The speaker likes himself.
_____ 2. His father’s skin is too small for him.
_____ 3. Everybody knows how his thoughts begin.
_____ 4. He will be wrinkled in his Father’s skin.
_____ 5. He will feel good when he wears his brother’s
skin.
Fill in each circle below with words that are related to the
topic at the center.
Color of the Skin What are my
physical
traits?

Size of the
Body
Type of Hair

Color of the Eyes