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Being Black Dandelion & The Convergent Voice
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Time
2 Class Sessions/2 Hours
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Skill Reinforcement
literacy enhancement, reading comprehension, and interpretation; critical thinking skills (geosocial spectrum analysis), writing, cultural competency, social emotional learning applications
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Utilization
English Language Arts, History, Social and Political Science, Ecology, Environmental Studies, and Math
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Education Levels
4th Grade - Graduate Studies, Community
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Description
“Being Black Dandelion and the Convergent Voice” interactive PowerPoint allows students to engage in a deeper understanding of the metaphors and themes of the internationally celebrated poem, “Black Dandelion” by Flint Poet Laureate, Semaj Brown. Readers are introduced to a sampling of the original youth letters sent to Ms. Brown from around the country and world via The Academy of American Poets, Dear Poet Laureate Project, 2022. Learners are introduced to a level of engagement that asserts a new status for the written and spoken word, a new currency emerges where vocabulary and meaning matter, where words—rule.
Students will select a modality response. Poetry, prose, visual art, skit-theater, video art, letter writing, memoir, and others are all viable submissions to the 3rd Annual Black Dandelion: Convergent Voice™ Virtual Forum.
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Insight
"PSL/ Poetry as a Second Language: The Semajian Method™, or the S Method, integrates all aspects of learning with purpose and wonder. The process of utilizing poetry as a technology results in a transformational practice. The PSL pedagogy erupts in global empathy and consciousness which allows students and teachers to pursue ancient applications transmitted through a 21st century lens. Semaj Brown’s centering on the power of words is a transcendent literacy tool."
Professor Sunanda Samaddar, PhD
International Comparative Education
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