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@placentialib

Placentia Library Adult Literacy ▬ Meet Our Learners and Tutors
Literacy eXPLORE: Spring/Summer 2021

Isha shares her experience tutoring her learner, Marisela:

As a college student involved in creative writing, poetry, and teaching English literacy, I strive to make every meeting with my student Maricela very engaging and inspiring.

When Maricela first joined the library’s literacy program, she was eager and ready to dive straight into goal-oriented lessons, go page by page in the workbook, and learn flashcards. Though this progressed well, I realized that introducing her to some light reading, poetry, and current events could be a major breakthrough for her understanding of English. With this in mind, we started planning out all the activities we could do together on Zoom all while staying safe at home.

While preparing for her citizenship exam and interview, Maricela has been especially interested in the current issues regarding the US election and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the topics that made headlines this past year were not always uplifting. Together, Maricela and I chose to balance this by splitting our time between reading the news, and reading a short story or poem that reflects a positive outlook on life and learning.  READ MORE ➤➤

 

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 14

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old

(college level)

 

@litdelaware

Delaware's Literacy Advocates Seek New Volunteers
Delaware News Journal Letters to the Editor: 4.13.2021 by C Laveglia

I’m writing to invite my fellow Delawareans to help Literacy Delaware fulfill its mission of empowering adult learners to realize their potential as confident, self-sufficient and productive employees, family members and contributors to their communities. Literacy Delaware trains volunteer tutors to work with learners at mutually convenient times.

I was interested in teaching ESL and found Literacy Delaware through a course I took through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. After completing my training, I was matched with Paco, a musician from Senegal.

Paco speaks English pretty well but reading and writing are greater challenges. In working with Paco, I learned he enjoys biographies, texts provided by Literacy Delaware geared towards beginning readers.  READ MORE ➤➤

 

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 14

Reading Level: very difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old

(college level)

LVFSC

Literacy Volunteers Announces Winners Of Poetry Contest
Daily Bulldog: 4.16.2021

Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties announces the winners of the eleventh annual Literacy Volunteers Poetry Contest, sponsored by Western Maine Financial Services and Susan and Fritz Onion. LVFSC wishes to thank all of the contributing poets, and the judge, Laine Kuehn.

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Students of Literacy Volunteers

First Place: Anna Crockett, Pinewood Angels
Second Place: Joanna Ladd, Learning in Important to Me
Third Place: Lorrie Chicoine, My Dog Casey Rae

Pinewood Angels, by Anna Crocket

The three angles at Pinewood
Were Rosie, Betty and myself
As Sus left for the day she said
“My residents are safe my angel team is here watching over them’
I love them, enjoyed being in their life
Taking care of the residents
Just small thing made them happy
Like set the radio station.
Make molasses cookies.
Putting good smelly lotion on them
Take time to give a smile and a touch
Sit and talk to them
I said to my friend
‘I was a angel’
She said ‘not you a Anna a angel’
Ask Sus ‘If I was a angel
Rosie and Betty were angels too
I remembered it was a good feeling
To take care of the residents
It takes a special person
To be an angel
The angels live on forever
Our residents are angels
In heaven watching over
The pinewood angels
Anna , Betty and Rosie.

Learning is Important to Me, by Joanna Ladd

I come here to be taught different things.
I come to learn how to do poems.  
I keep learning because I think it is fun.
I keep learning to prove to myself I can graduate. 
When learn I feel like need to learn a lot more than what I do. 

My Dog Casey Rae, by Lorrie Chicoine

I got my dog at
8 weeks old
She was a spoil rotten Dog she was a
Good dog.

The collection of winning poems are published on the LVFSC website and will also be published in a poetry chapbook.  READ MORE ➤➤

 

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 14

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old

(college level)

 

@readsaintjohn

READ Saint John Raises Literacy Awareness Through Fundraiser
Country 94: 4.16.2021 by Elizabeth MacLeod

Non-profit volunteer organization READ Saint John’s “Lotto for Literacy” campaign and updated website and social platforms are helping mark a brand new chapter in its commitment to adult literacy.

Vice President of READ Saint John, Josh Adams says the focus is on helping adult learners with literacy and basic math skills through one-on-one, confidential tutoring.

“The reality is for so many of our learners, they’ve got these practical goals that they want to reach,” says Adams.  “Sometimes it’s about being able to encourage your child to become a bookworm and read to them and sometimes it’s the practical life goals, things like getting a driver’s permit or carrying through with being able to help children read.”

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@LaubachNB

Laubach Literacy NB reports more than 50 per cent of New Brunswickers aged 16 and older, (or approximately 300,000 people in the province), are at either literacy Level 1, (having few basic skills great difficulty with text), or Level 2, (having limited skills and cannot read well).  READ MORE ➤➤

 

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 15

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: College graduate