Literacy: Spanning the US
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Literary Cleveland Gives Voice to Seeds Students & Tutors with
Cleveland Stories Volume II
✱ Seeds
of Literacy Blog: 7.23.2020
Last summer, she was encouraged, cajoled, and begged to participate
fully in something wildly outside of her comfort zone.
Last summer, she attended faithfully and she contributed thoughtfully
to discussions.
But last summer, Rose Griffin didn’t write.
This year, the 61-year-old student at Seeds has become a prolific,
published, writer of poetry —and gained incredible confidence— as part of Cleveland
Stories.
Rose prepares to read her poem for the event.
Now it its second year, the series of place-based writing workshops —
for those who live, work, or have ties to Mt. Pleasant and surrounding
communities — was presented as part of the Inkubator Conference by Literary
Cleveland. Seeds again played a major role in the project, providing
participants and contributors from its pool of students and tutors. WATCH
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Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 10
Reading Level: fairly difficult
to read.
Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old
(Ninth to Tenth graders)
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Volunteer Tutor Highlight
✱ Illinois
Literacy: Spring 2020
Rosemary Shiels came to Corazón
a Corazón in Blue Island to become a tutor because she saw a great
opportunity to help others. She has an energetic, a vibrant and a contagious
personality. She advocates the rewarding experience of helping others so that
they can better integrate themselves in their community.
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“I volunteer at Corazón a Corazón because helping people learn to
speak and improve their English is something that I think will contribute to
the strength of our community and our country,” says Rosemary. “I also think
that because I am a native English speaker, I can share some ideas on why
English is the way it is and how our learners can become better English
speakers. Most importantly, I volunteer at Corazón a Corazón because it is so
enjoyable; the students are anxious to learn and unfailingly grateful to the
tutors. Who could pass that up?”
Rosemary also participates in many different activities in the
neighborhood — from learning tai chi and singing in her church choir to
volunteering at a food pantry and, of course, teaching English as a second
language. She leads an exciting and a purposeful life and inspires others to do
the same.
Rosemary dedicates some of her tutoring session time to conversation,
as this helps her become familiar with her learners and gives them the
opportunity to practice their new skills. One of her learners explained, “My
tutor, Rosemary, is very patient. She helps me correct any errors in my
pronunciation when speaking English and this means she really cares about my learning.
She’s punctual, has a great positive attitude and always has a smile. She’s the
perfect tutor because she looks for different examples for me to better
understand. She’s charismatic, sweet and so smart.” READ
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Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 10
Reading Level: fairly difficult
to read.
Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old
(Ninth to Tenth graders)
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Redlands Family’s Literacy Journey Leads To Educational,
Employment Opportunities
Redlands
Daily Facts: 8.01.2020 by Diane Shimota, Adult Literacy Coordinator-A.K.
Smiley Library
Many adults who
join the Redlands Adult
Literacy Program want to improve their reading and writing skills
so they can get better jobs, further their own education, and advocate for
their children. Through hard work and perseverance adult learners can change
their own and their family’s lives for the better.
The following is a story of
adult learners who graduated from the Redlands Adult Literacy Program and, with
their new literacy skills, started a business, earned a GED, and encouraged
their children to excel in their education.
Monica Sanchez joined the adult
literacy program in February 2014 because she needed to become an advocate for
her special needs son. Working with her tutor, Rebecca McCurdy, she gained
literacy skills that enabled her to communicate effectively with teachers and
medical professionals, understand medical directives, and support her son.
Monica’s goals changed over time to include dreams of attaining her GED,
supporting her children with their education, and getting a better job. Monica
diligently worked for four years in the literacy program to improve her
reading, grammar, vocabulary, and writing. She celebrated when she earned her
GED in 2017 because this opened doors to better employment.
In 2018, she was hired by the
Redlands Unified School District to work as a campus monitor at an elementary
school. Monica shared, “I liked being a campus monitor; it was a fun and
comfortable job for me. I was playing with kids and getting paid for that.”
When the coronavirus pandemic
forced the closure of schools, Monica, like so many others, found herself
unemployed. She eventually began working as a DoorDash driver and used this as
an opportunity to teach her younger children about what it was like to have a
job and manage their own money; they helped her leave meals on porches and
Monica gave them an allowance of $1 per delivery.
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Monica’s husband, Armando
Sanchez, also joined the literacy program in 2014. His goals were to improve
his reading and writing in order to advance at his job at Ashley Furniture and
to have a better life. READ
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Readability
Consensus
Based
on 7 readability formulas:
Grade
Level: 12
Reading
Level: difficult to read.
Reader's
Age: 17-18 yrs. old
(Twelfth
graders)
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Literacy Services Important
Sun
Community News: 8.03.2020
To the Editor:
As the new school year begins, our focus turns to education. While
young students return to school, millions of American adults seek personal empowerment
through literacy. We celebrate the
determination of these adults to improve their reading, writing, speaking,
math, and computer skills, in spite of their often busy and complicated lives.
Sept. 8 is International
Literacy Day - established in 1965 by The United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to call attention to the
world-wide issues of illiteracy.
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In New York, an estimated 2.7 million adults lack basic literacy, math
and employment skills. Low-level reading and math skills are linked to poverty,
incarceration and dropout rates. These
same individuals lack basic health, financial and consumer literacy skills,
according to Literacy New York, Inc., which serves approximately 6,500 adults
each year through a network of 35 affiliates and their volunteers.
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Literacy Volunteers of Clinton County
and Literacy
Volunteers of Essex/Franklin Counties jointly serve over 250 adult learners
annually with the help of 225 volunteers. In addition, approximately 1,600
pre-school children in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton counties receive
a free book every month through our “Imagination Library”. READ
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Readability
Consensus
Based
on 7 readability formulas:
Grade
Level: 13
Reading
Level: difficult to read.
Reader's
Age: 18-19 yrs. old
(college
level entry)
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