BD280
Vo Cab Bee
A Black Dandelion: Convergent Voice™ Game
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Time
1 to 2 hours game, preparation several months
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Skill Reinforcement
vocabulary enhancement, lexicon development, spelling, writing and reading support
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Utilization
4th – Scholars, Students, Intergenerational, Classrooms, Schools, after and before school activity, and Community
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Education Levels
All are Welcome
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Description
It’s fun! It’s a word game! It’s WORD SPORT! We identified 70 “Black Dandelion” words, terms of interest (TOI), or simply vocabulary for the Old Schoolers. Each has a definition, of course, and most TOI boast several synonyms which total to almost 350 new words of interest. In this Black Dandelion: Convergent Voice BDCV Vo Cab Bee, participants play for synonyms. Teams compete in a Family Feud-style manner. Each team has a coach. The 70 BDCV words, definitions, and synonyms are provided to teams with a list of learning strategies to help them achieve usage status and understanding. This Vo Cab Bee can be played in classrooms, interclassrooms, school wide or with other schools as a BDCV Vo Cab Bee Tournament. This is an engaging strategy to increase vocabulary. One interactive PowerPoint presentation on the poem, “Black Dandelion” and you are ready to let the games begin!
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Insight
"The poem, “Black Dandelion,” is a beautiful poem that packs a whole lot of meaning. One can understand the poem by sensing the context of the words, phrases and ideas, but one can fully realize and interact with the subject of the poem by looking up unfamiliar vocabulary. The words used in the poem have all been chosen for exact meanings and connotations, and placed specifically to convey the truest meaning of the poem."
Darolyn Brown, MA
English Language Arts Teacher
Detroit Public Schools, 34 years