![]() Invite participants to read one line at a time going around the circle, so that you are reading the poem together as a group. Hand out copies of "Still I Rise" (see below). * See Angelou's poem called Phenomenal Woman.Īsk students to take a minute of silence as they remember the life of Maya Angelou. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2011. In 1993, she recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton. She became friends with Malcolm X a few years later and help him build a new civil rights organization.Īngelou is best known as a prolific and award-winning author and civil rights activist. ![]() in 1960 she became an organizer and activist. In 1959 she moved to New York to concentrate on her writing. She later became a dancer, singer, and performer in clubs around San Francisco. Angelou became the first African American streetcar conductor in San Francisco in the 1940s.Īfter giving birth to a son in 1946, she wrote later in her life that she "slid down the social ladder into poverty and crime." Without job training or an advanced degree, she worked as a restaurant cook and prostitute while raising her son as a single mother. While mute, she is said to have developed her extraordinary memory, her love for books and her keen ability to listen and observe the world around her. After a rough childhood, during which she became mute for almost five years, she became one of America’s most lauded poets and writers. She was born Marguerite Ann Johnson in St. What do they know about the "phenomenal woman"* who died at the age of 86 on May 28, 2014?Įlicit and explain that Maya Angelou died at the age of 86 last week. In this way, the talking piece encourages more thoughtful reflection and unhurried expression.Īs teacher, you will play the role of facilitator and participate in the go rounds.Īsk students who Maya Angelou was. Everyone in the circle has an opportunity to share without interruption what is on their mind, and those not speaking can listen more fully without the distraction of preparing a response or rebuttal. Everyone else in the circle practices active listening. The person who is holding it is invited to speak or pass. The piece is passed around the circle in order, from one person to the next. The dialogue in circles is facilitated by a talking piece. If you choose a circle format and are not familiar with this practice, please see our Introduction to Circles. (It can be adapted to use in a non-circle format as well.) Thanks to Molly Foresta and her 10th grade history students, whose circle about Maya Angelou inspired this activity. This activity, structured as a circle, invites students to consider Angelou’s poem Still I Rise. The remarkable poet and writer Maya Angelou died on May 28, 2014.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |