Carlsbad Library ▬ Graphic Novel: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words for Learners

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Carlsbad Library Literacy

Learning Connection: May/June 2021 by Sandra Riggins

Graphic Novel: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words for Learners

Want to try something new with your reading? Graphic novels are a great resource for learners. Some people think that graphic novels are just comic books for kids, but they are so much more.

What Are Graphic Novels?

Today’s graphic novels are works of art that teach. Graphic novels have artwork on every page that help tell the story.

This is what makes it great for learners. There are many details of the story and setting that are shown with the pictures. It helps learners to understand the story because they can see details of the setting and situation without reading. This makes it easier to concentrate on the words and to understand the story better.

Great Graphic Novels in Our Collection

March

March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
Illustrated by Nate Powell

This is the story of the life of John Lewis and his work for civil rights. This three-book series gives you his firsthand account of peacefully working for civil rights. You will understand the civil rights movement in ways you never did before.

Good Talk

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

This novel was written by the author about raising a son who is half Jewish and half Indian. It’s an interesting story about how she handles the challenges of his duel identities. Reader warning: There are adult situations, brief nudity and sexuality in this graphic novel.

When Stars
Are Scattered

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
Illustrated by Victoria Jamieson

This is the story of a young boy and his non-verbal brother living in a refugee camp in Kenya. Their father was killed and they were accidentally separated from their mother in Somalia. Although the story sounds sad, it is filled with tremendous hope. The illustrations are beautiful and colorful. It is an amazing true story.   READ MORE ➤➤

 

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 8

Reading Level: standard / average.

Reader's Age: 12-14 yrs. old

(Seventh and Eighth graders)

Carlsbad Library Literacy

Building skills, changing lives

Read to a child or read better at work.

Literacy Services provides tutoring to English-speaking adults who want to improve their basic reading and writing skills.

Learners are provided a friendly, supportive environment, where their needs and goals are valued. Each learner studies with a trained volunteer tutor. All services are free and confidential.

For more information, call 760-931-4510

How Audiobooks Can Make People More Literate ▬ Medium

How Audiobooks Can Make People More Literate
Professional audiobook narrators help bridge the ‘understanding gap’

AudioFile Magazine

Medium: 9.08.2018 by AudioFile Magazine *

Educators and cognitive scientists recognize that “reading” is a very broad term. In the audiobook community, we already know that “reading” can and does mean critical listening as well as visual understanding of printed text. Pushback still comes from some who believe that“to read” is to decode visually. I like to call them reading “print-bound purists.” As most long-established “eye-readers” know, assumptions about characters, plot direction, and capacity to grasp how facts in chapter one will be required in chapter seven, can and do miss the mark on any first complete reading of a book. How many of these print-bound purists re-read texts — silently, of course, as 20th century pedagogy taught many of us to be a requirement of “skillful” reading?

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Professional audiobook narrators, in fact, are the people who do that essential pre-reading for us before we sit down to acquire the author’s work by listening to interpretive choices that make sense the first time around as listening readers. Professional narrators, having familiarized themselves thoroughly with the book before the recording session begins, know and impart appropriate pacing and alterations in inflections that we can have from the get-go when we hear their reading. Passages dense with significant and complex information are delivered in a manner that allows us to concentrate point by point instead of rushing by without collecting what we need for understanding the next stage of the work. And when personal names may be too close for eye comfort, narrators introduce specific tones — if not outright voices — that allow us to distinguish between speakers readily.

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Try these audiobooks as examples of how reading comprehension can receive significant boosts from hearing skilled narrators:

What do I need to understand about this character? The War that Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, read by Jane Entwistle

How can I make sense of all these technical explanations when I’m not even sure which clause is important? Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries, by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, read by Dion Graham

Who’s who when I see a cavalcade of character names that I can’t distinguish among quickly? Death Notice, by Zhou Haohui, translated by Zac Haluza, read by Joel de la Fuente

 

* AudioFile Magazine
reviews and recommends good listening, top-notch performances and dynamic listening experiences. We do not sell audiobooks.

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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)

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events ▬ June 2021

 

Southern California & Statewide

Literacy & Library Events

June 2021

 

 

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

Visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network Calendar

 

National Audiobook Month    

Rainbow Book Month   

Tails & Tales Summer Library Reading Program

 

Jun 01       National History Day – California VIRTUAL
Jun 01       What is Dyslexia? An In Depth Look OnLine
Jun 05       Literary Stage - San Mateo County Fair San Mateo CA
Jun 11       Pride Book Fest VIRTUAL
Jun 12       San Francisco Free Folk Festival VIRTUAL
Jun 17       Library 2.021 Reinventing Libraries Post-COVID World VIRTUAL
Jun 19       Juneteenth Book Fest VIRTUAL

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

 

Newport Beach Library ▬ A Tutor and Learner Interview

A Tutor and Learner Interview
Meet Tutor Carloyn and Learner Il Jeon

Newport/Mesa
ProLiteracy

Literally Speaking: May 2021

Carolyn Cosgrove spent 40+ years in advertising when she and her business partner decided to sell their agency and retire. She wanted to volunteer with an organization that was close to her heart with reading and writing. After 10+ years of tutoring, NMPL still holds that place. When a friend recommended the program to Il Jeong Choi, she registered for New Learner Orientation and got an assessment. From there she participated in several classes before being matched with Carolyn for one on one tutoring.

Il Jeong, did you feel nervous about the program when you started?

IJ: Yes, I was very nervous because my English was not perfect then, and my writing and speaking were horrible. Thus, I didn’t know how to communicate and explain my goals. The one thing only I had then was passionate and brave about learning English.

Carolyn, how do you get ideas for what to work on during sessions?

C: Various. Great support from the Literacy Office and their many resources, current events/articles I think my Learner would enjoy discussing and writing about, etc. Each session is different.  READ MORE ➤➤

 

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 8

Reading Level: standard / average.

Reader's Age: 12-14 yrs. old

(Seventh and Eighth graders)

Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy

949.717.3874

 

New Learner Orientation – Online

June 23 – 10 am – 11 am

 

Tutor Orientation and Training

Tutors are required to complete online orientation and attend tutor training. Orientation must be completed before attending the training sessions.

Online orientations can be taken at any time.

Please be aware that when you take the Online Tutor Orientation (approximately 20 minutes), you must complete and submit the online application at the end of the orientation in order to be scheduled for one of our Tutor Training sessions.

July 7 & 14

10:00am - 12:30pm

October 6 & 13

10:00am - 12:30pm

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar ▬ June 2021

 

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar

June 2021

 

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

Visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network Calendar

 

Walk Run READ 

Huntington Beach Library Literacy VIRTUAL

National Audiobook Month

Rainbow Book Month

Tails & Tales Summer Library Reading Program

Jun 02  Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Santa Monica Library VIRTUAL 6p
Jun 05  Adult Literacy Tutor Training Burbank Library VIRTUAL 10a

Jun 19+ Walk Run READ Huntington Beach Library Literacy VIRTUAL

Jun 21  Adult Literacy Volunteer Orientation Corona Library VIRTUAL 7p
Jun 23  Adult Learner Orientation Newport Beach Library VIRTUAL 10a

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

Placentia Library online orientations

Santa Fe Springs City Library Complete an online training course

Local Tutor Workshops Always Scrolling in the Right Frame

Paragraphs: Give Us a Break! ▬ Teach Write

Paragraphs: Give Us a Break!

Paragraphs 

Teach Write: 1.17.2018 by Jennifer Laffin

I’d like to try a little experiment. Please read the following two passages.

   Passage #1:

   Passage #2:

Now that you've read both passages, think about the following questions:

➤ Which passage was easier to read? 

➤ Which passage was easier to understand? 

➤ How did you feel after reading both passages?

If you are like me, you found the second passage easier to read and understand. Why? Because it had paragraphs.

Using paragraphs correctly is an important skill for all writers because it makes the reader’s job much easier and more pleasant.

Paragraphs exist to give the readers’ eyes a rest and a few seconds to process what they’ve read before they start the next line. Paragraphs signal that a change is coming.

➤ They tie common sentences together in one neat little area.

➤ Readers expect them. Readers need them. When they are missing, it is noticed.

➤ But how do writers know when to start a new paragraph?

Use the New-New Rule:

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Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 6

Reading Level: easy to read.

Reader's Age: 10-11 yrs. old

(Fifth and Sixth graders)

 

Camarena Library ▬ Tutor Spotlight: Kimberly Valenzuela

Camarena Library ▬ Tutor Spotlight: Kimberly Valenzuela

Camarena Library
Adult Literacy 

THE LITERACY CIRCLE: May 2021

Q: How has your experience been so far as a tutor?

A:  My experience so far has been really good. I enjoy helping people learn new skills that they can use to achieve their personal goals. Itis also a very rewarding experience being part of a learner's progress through the ALS program. It is such a good feeling hearing back from my learners on how they implement the skills they learned in their daily lives.

Q: Give three reasons why being a tutor might influence an adult member in your community struggling with literacy skills.

A:  Whether it is reading the morning newspaper, applying for a job, or communicating with doctors, a tutor can help a learner achieve these goals. Another reason is by prioritizing their needs in a one-to-one setting. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up in a class with 20 other students with different goals, while working with a tutor focuses on the learner’s individual goals, level, and pace.  READ MORE ➤➤

 

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 9

Reading Level: standard / average.

Reader's Age: 13-15 yrs. old

(Eighth and Ninth graders)

Adult Literacy Services

These services are offered to adults, 16 years or older who are not enrolled in school, who would like to improve their English reading skills. One-on-one tutoring is available upon enrollment in the program. Volunteers from the community help other improve their English reading and writing skills in this program.

Call the library at (760) 768-2170 or email us at to set up an appointment.