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| San José Public Library |
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| Plumas County Library |
Keep It Together: Words
on Inclusion, Equity and Diversity
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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
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| March |
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 by Mira Jacob
Good Talk
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.
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| When Stars Are Scattered |
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
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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
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| 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?
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
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| 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
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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.
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Paragraphs: Give Us a Break!
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:
