Keeping In Touch, Volume 20

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Greetings Tutors! We want our students to not only develop their skills and become proficient in English but also be able to understand, participate, and navigate a variety of activities involving the community, health, work, and government.

This Keeping In Touch edition will focus on the November election. We want to encourage and support our students to increase their knowledge about elections, candidates and issues, the voting process, and if eligible, to register and vote in the election.

As always, please do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions or need help with tutoring strategies during this time. Be well and take care.

With gratitude and hope,

Carol Garcia

Tutor Support Specialist

Phone: 630.384.9678 | [email protected]

Light a Spark Through Literacy

www.literacydupage.org

Literacy DuPage Happenings:

In-Service Workshops

Are you unfamiliar with ZOOM or WhatsApp? Come to the October In-service Workshops to learn the basics about each platform. Specific information about the sessions will be coming tomorrow.

Post-Testing

Remember that your student should be post-tested after every 30-35 hours of tutoring time. Contact Carol Garcia to schedule a virtual or in-person session. Both tutor and student can be included in the assessment process virtually if desired.

Civic Engagement:

Below are a variety of resources regarding civic engagement, civic responsibility, elections, and voting.

https://www.dupageco.org/Election/Voting/37059/

Engagement Links

Lesson Plans

Presidential Election Process https://www.usa.gov/election#item-212481
Elections https://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/the-usa/elections/american-presidential-elections.html

Listening Skills

TED Talks – Electoral College https://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-your-vote-count-the-electoral-college-explained-christina-greer
VOTING https://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/vote/vote.htm

Voting Process Videos

Tips from an LDP Tutor:

Tutor Liz S. shared the following tutor tip:

Similar/Different

Make a list of pairs of nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs that have some things in common but are different in other ways. Examples: coffee/tea, horse/zebra, talk/sing, sailboat/submarine. You can read each pair out loud, or the student can read them. Have the student describe what is similar and what is different about each pair.

*Please email Carol Garcia if you would like to share any tutoring tips with the rest of the LDP Tutor Family!

LDP Book Club:

It has been suggested that Literacy DuPage consider offering a virtual book club for tutors. If you are interested in joining or would like more information, please email Carol Garcia.

If there is a positive response to this suggestion, we will organize the club and share those details with all of you as our plan develops.

Activity Links:

These are individual activities about civics and government. You may be able to use one or more with your student:

Conversation

Grammar

Phrasal Verbs Voting

Reading

Puzzles

Election Day - Word Jumble
Election Day - Easy Word Search
Election Day - Word Search #1
Election Day - Word Search #2
Election Day - Word Search #3
Presidential Election - Crossword with Answers

Vocabulary

LDP Staff Directory, Quick Reference:

Carol Garcia, 630.384.9678 | [email protected]
Questions regarding one-on-one, small group or conversation group tutoring: curriculum, materials, tutor support
Laura Wickramasinghe, 630.942.5211 | [email protected]g OR Diana Mendoza, 331.472.7160 | [email protected]
Questions regarding learner matches and communication issues with learner

For all other questions or concerns, please call us at 630.942.5210 or email us at [email protected].

Literacy DuPage | 630.942.5210 | [email protected] | www.literacydupage.org