California Book Festivals & Events ◯ March 2020

California Book Festivals & Events ◯ March 2020

Books, Comics, Poetry, Storytelling, Writing and More !

Read Aloud Month

National Reading Month

Mar 07       SBCUSD Literacy Day San Gorgonio High School

Mar 07       Literary Women – Festival of Authors Long Beach

Mar 10       Spanish Language Book Fair Reforma & Santa Monica Library Pico Branch

Mar 20       World Storytelling Day A global celebration of storytelling

Mar 20-21 Sierra Valley Grange Cowboy Poetry Vinton

Mar 21       San Diego Storytelling Festival Encinitas Library      

Mar 22        Pasadena Festival of Women's Authors
Mar 25       Women's Literary Festival Salon Santa Barbara 5:30p

Mar 28       Black Writers On Tour Carson
Mar 28       Irwindale Spring Book Festival Irwindale Library

Mar 28       Read Locally: A Local Author Festival 2020 Yorba Linda Library

#LitWeekLA

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

African American Book Events

Book Fairs by State Library of Congress

Book Reporter – Book Festivals

Everfest Book Festival Calendar

Storytelling Events

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar ◯ March 2020

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar ◯ March 2020

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

SCLLN Tutor and Learner Conference  March 21

Mar. 03      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 6p

Mar. 05      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy Torrance Library 7p

Mar. 07      Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ OC Westminster Library 9:30a

Mar. 07      Literacy Scrabble-thon Escondido Library

Mar. 09      Adult Literacy Learner Orientation READ/San Diego Central Library 10a
Mar. 09      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Ventura Co Library 5p

Mar. 12      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Diego Co Library Vista 12 n

Mar. 14      Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ/San Diego Central Library 10a

Mar. 14      Read OC Speaker Jennifer Holm Tustin Library 2p

Mar. 15      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Placentia Library 2p 

Mar. 16      Adult Literacy Volunteer Orientation Corona Library 7p

Mar. 17      Adult Literacy Learner Orientation Newport Beach Library 10a

Mar. 19      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 6p 

Mar. 21      SCLLN Tutor and Learner Conference Buena Park Holiday Inn

Mar. 31      Adult Literacy Tutor Training Newport Beach Library 5:30p

Altadena Library Complete a self-paced, online training module

Chula Vista Library Mondays @ 6p Wednesdays @10a

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Santa Fe Springs City Library Complete an online training course

Local Tutor Workshops ◯ Always Scrolling in the Right Frame

Top 15 Graphic Organizers via Tech Learning

Top 15 Graphic Organizers

Tech Learning:  1.28.2020 by David Kapuler

These web tools and apps have made it easy to create beautiful, productive graphic organizers.

Graphic Organizers, including mind maps, Venn diagrams, infographics,and other tools, allow teachers and students to organize and present facts and ideas visually in order to facilitate teaching and learning. The web tools and apps below have made it easy to create beautiful and productive graphic organizers.

*List is in alphabetical order and Best Mind Map Software of 2019

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Automatic Readability Checker

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 12

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. Old

(Twelfth graders)

2020 SCLLN Literacy Conference ◯ March 21

2020 SCLLN Literacy Conference

March 21, 2020. 8:00 am–3:00 pm

Holiday Inn, Buena Park

Hotel and Conference Center

STRAND 1: 9 am -10:15 am

_ Brainstorming

Higher Order Thinking – Gateway To Success in Writing

_ Sticky Situations – What Happens When Lines Are Crossed

_ Dyslexia For A Day – Overview

Learners & Tutors

_ Urban Possibilities – Games & Writing To Find Your Story

STRAND 2: 10:30 am – 11:45 am

_ Tech & Teaching

_ What Every Tutor Should Know About Pronunciation – Color Vowel Chart

_ Remediation & Instruction For Dyslexia – Orton Gillingham Method (Part 1)

Learners & Tutors

_ Naturalization & Citizenship

LUNCH ◯ Writer To Writer Ceremony

12 Noon - 1:30 pm

STRAND 3: 1:45 pm – 3 pm

_ Remediation & Instruction For Dyslexia – Orton Gillingham Method (Part 2)

_ Tutor Ready Writing

_ U S Census – FAQs Updates Materials

Learners & Tutors

_ Writer To Writer Learner Panel

Please Choose a 1^st and 2^nd Choice in Each Strand

Registration

Early Bird - Feb 21

$35.00: Tutors, Volunteers, Staff

$15.00: Learners

After Feb 21

$50.00: Tutors, Volunteers, Staff

$20.00: Learners

LUNCH ONLY: $35.00

Email

SCLLN2014@gmail.com

Mail

Los Angeles Public Library

Adult Literacy / SCLLN

630 W Fifth

LA  CA  90071

 

Carrie Scott

Community Outreach Supervisor
Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

3368 Eureka Place

Carlsbad, CA 92008

760-931-4515

SCLLN Writer to Writer Awards ◯ 2019

SCLLN Writer to Writer Awards ◯  2019

We are excited to announce the winners and runners-up for the 2019 Writer to Writer Challenge!  We had a great response—95 entries—and the quality of the letters was amazing!

We are so proud of all the learners who wrote letters.  Each letter was a beautiful expression of the learner’s thoughts and feelings.  The ones selected as winners and runners-up most closely met the contest criteria, but as one coordinator said, every letter had its own “pizzazz.”

Please join other writers, tutors, coordinators and their guests at our conference lunch presentation on Saturday, March 21, at the Holiday Inn Buena Park

The winners and runners-up will each receive a cash prize and a certificate, and all letter writers will receive a certificate of participation.

We encourage all coordinators to invite and sponsor all your writers and their tutors for this special event.

The registration fees are only $15 for learners and $35 for tutors/staff (early bird, SCLLN member) and are an appropriate use of CLLS grant funding.

Inviting your Writer to Writer participants would be an excellent way to recognize our writers and their tutors.  Congratulations to all our letter writers! 

Emerging Category ◯ Winner

Alvin J

San Diego Public Library, READ/San Diego

March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

Runners-Up

Marisela C

A.K. Smiley Public Library

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman

Lora M

San Diego Public Library, READ/San Diego

My Spirit Soars by Chief Dan George

Beginning Category ◯ Winner

Wendy G

Oceanside Public Library

Hana’s Suitcase by Karen Levine

Runners-Up

Maria H

A.K. Smiley Public Library

Peace and Bread: The Story of Jane Addams by Stephanie McPherson

Feri R

Newport Beach Public Library

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Intermediate Category ◯ Winner

Mariana D

Santa Monica Public Library

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Runners-Up

German N

Los Angeles Public Library

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Tanya J

A.K. Smiley Public Library

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Advanced Category ◯ Winner

Sarah K

Newport Beach Public Library

What to Do When I’m Gone by Suzy Hopkins and Hallie Bateman

Runners-Up

J.J. B

Santa Monica Public Library

Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

Petranila H

Chula Vista Public Library

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Carrie Scott

Community Outreach Supervisor
Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

3368 Eureka Place

Carlsbad, CA 92008

760-931-4515

SCLLN

Adult Literacy Tutor and Learner Conference

Writer To Writer Awards

March 21, 2020

Holiday Inn Buena Park

Easy English Times ◯ Your ESL & Adult Literacy Newspaper ◯ Feb 2020

Easy English Times: Your ESL and adult literacy newspaper!

In our February issue . . .

Easy English Times: Feb 2020

What is Super Tuesday? The primary election process is explained.

Presidents Day is Feb. 17. The Lincoln Home National Historic Site and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, both in Springfield, Illinois, and George Washington's Mount Vernon in Virginia are places where you can learn more about these presidents.

What is it like to visit the Supreme Court and see the court in action? Citizenship questions related to these stories are included. Teachers' Corner shares resources for teaching civics.

Workers are needed for the Census.

Black History Month is observed. Feb. 16 is Elizabeth Peratrovich Day in Alaska.

February holidays are celebrated and there are stories about love and friendship.

There is a love story that is told at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, California, to "explain" the return of monarch butterflies there. The conversation activity is on making and keeping friends.

Bakersfield, California students write about happiness. A student from Chicago advocates for the legal drinking age to be increased. The movie/DVD review is on "The Two Popes." There are many instant activities in this issue including reading, writing, conversations and idioms. All this and more in the February issue.

Student Writing of the Month is from Pui Tak Center in Chicago, Illinois. Bonus Student Writing is from Bakersfield Adult School, California.  READ MORE >>

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 9

Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 13-15 yrs. old

(Eighth and Ninth graders)

Literacy Library Jobs ◯ READ San Diego ◯ LearningQuest Stanislaus ◯ Salinas

Literacy Library Jobs ◯ California

Literacy Tutor/Learner Coordinator - PT

READ/San Diego

Positions with READ/San Diego

Positions with Do Your Homework @ the Library

DEADLINE: FEB 18

Project Manager of Communications - FT

LearningQuest Stanislaus Literacy Centers

support communication efforts focused on increasing the awareness of LQ’s brand, services, and student stories with the community through engaging content.

DEADLINE: OPEN

Literacy Clerk – Temporary

Salinas Library

support student and family literacy programs

DEALINE: OPEN

BayNet Library and Information Network

CLA Career Center

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

Huntington Beach Library ◯ Writer to Writer Is Coming Soon!

Writer to Writer Is Coming Soon!

Literacy Volunteers-HBPL: 8.28.2019

Writer to Writer is a unique writing challenge through the Southern California Library Literacy Network (SCLLN). Writer to Writer invites adult literacy learners to write a letter to an author whose writing has changed the way they think about life. A group of learners from Literacy Volunteers-HBPL participated in the challenge this year. We hope you enjoy some of their letters!

Women of the Silk

Dear Gail Tsukiyama,

I read your book Women of the Silk with my tutor when I was working on my English grammar. I came from China when I was fourteen. Sometimes when I read your book I felt so familiar with Pei’s culture, this made me feel close to Pei. I really love her because she is a happy person no matter what happens to her. She always has a positive attitude that teenagers today don’t always keep.

Sincerely with respect,

Michelle W

Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World

Dear Mr. Montgomery,

I was so impressed about Temple’s story.  She was one of those kids who did not fit in with the rest of the crowd.  But she used her unique abilities and passions in the right way to become successful in life.  Temple is a different person because she was born with autism.  Her thinking was in pictures, not in words.  Autism helped her understand the feelings of animals, so she could make their lives better. Her love of making things and creating saved her life. She had tough times but she fought back.  As she grew up, she discovered that when one door closed, another door opened; that made her happy. Temple learned to use her autism to help her reach her goals.  Temple’s success gave autistic kids hope that success is possible for them.

Sincerely,

Hoang L.

Dear Juana Medina,

I have to thank you because I enjoyed reading your book, Juana and Lucas very much.  When I started to read the book, I loved the way you spell the name Juana who-ah-nah.  The way that you describe Bogota makes me feel like I have been there before.  Like Juana, I enjoy reading in the night.  She had Lucas with her and I enjoyed reading along.

Thank you Juana Medina for your wonderful book.

Sincerely,

Silvia

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SCLLN 

Adult Literacy Tutor and Learner Conference

Writer To Writer Awards

March 21, 2020

Holiday Inn Buena Park

Automatic Readability Checker

Readability Consensus

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 6

Reading Level: fairly easy to read.

Reader's Age: 10-11 yrs. olds (Fifth and Sixth graders)