Sounds Like Poetry!

Length

45 minutes

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult Learners, Homeschool/Family , Learning Pod

Minimum participants:

5

Maximum participants:

35

Primary Disciplines

Culture, Language Arts/English, Literacy, Reading, Social and Emotional Learning( SEL), Writing

Program Delivery Mode

Zoom
Microsoft Teams

Booking Information

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For more information contact CILC at (507) 388-3672

Provider's Cancellation Policy

Please give us 2 weeks’ notice if you need to change your reservation, and we will be happy to work with you to reschedule. Your consideration helps us serve as many groups as possible. Programs cancelled with less than 1 weeks’ notice will not be eligible for a refund.
If Planet Word needs to cancel your program for any reason, Planet Word will work with you to reschedule at another time. If we are not able to agree on a date to reschedule, and you have paid for your program, your program fee will be refunded.

About This Provider

 

Planet Word

Washington, DC
United States

Planet Word is the only museum in the country dedicated to renewing and inspiring a love of words and language. Located in the historic Franklin School on the corner of 13th and K Streets in downtown D.C., Planet Word opened in 2020 as a new kind of interactive and self-guided museum. Using the museum’s state-of-the-art technology, visitors determine their experience through their own words and choices. Planet Word is a bold and imaginative response to the life-long importance of literacy and to the challenge of growing a love of language.

Program Details

Format

10 minute welcome, introduction to Planet Word, introduction to content.
20 minute educator-led discussion of techniques of sound in poetry.
20 minute opportunity for students to write their own short poem.
10 minute Q&A and conclusion.

Objectives

Poets use sound to create tone and feeling.
We’ll learn how they do it!
Explore vowel sounds with a short experiment
Compare two poems that use vowel sounds to create mood
Practice writing our own (short) poems

Standards Alignment

National Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.