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Url:http://wendell-communitylit.blogspot.com/
Author(s):Wendell Dryden
Language:English
Tags:literacy, adult literacy, community literacy
Description:Adult literacy, family literacy, community literacy, basic adult education: reflections on fieldwork, research and the internet.
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Popularity:18 Followers

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Writing Poems
She said, "I want to learn to write poems."Okay.After a couple of embarrassingly ineffectual starts, we ended up using National Geographic magazines. The first time, I found a photograph without a...more
2009-12-03
Authentic Writing
I finally got the chance to use the New Readers Press (1989) book Writing it down: Writing skills for everyday life which was put together "by staff of the Women's Program Lutheran Settlement House...more
2009-11-27
Reflective Practice and Reading
There was an adult reading in the tent this summer. This is a story, you understand - something I watched happen. There was a reader who was reading a book with animals and numbers. A child was ...more
2009-11-26
Spelling and Word Games for Grown-Ups
I've been helping someone at another site hook up with some online word- and spelling-games. (They'd been mislead into using the trial download versions instead of playing the streamed flash versi...more
2009-11-24
Defining Literacy
She said don't I know youFrom the cinematographer's party,I said who am ITo blow against the wind,I know what I knowPaul SimonI wrote this in a fury
2009-11-23
Things I'd Like To Remember
Gets dark early now.I was walking home in the dark the other night, heading for supper, when somebody beeped and waved from a parked car.It was too dark to see much beyond the waving, so I stopped ...more
2009-11-22
How To Encourage Adult Reading
Read the newspaper, read magazines, read books. Read whatever appeals to you - but read! Regular, daily reading is the best way to improve your reading skills.The Gage Canadian GED Study Guide Se...more
2009-11-20
Wonders of Science and Vertical Learning
Speaking of science, do any of youse have these?I love the Steck-Vaughn "Wonders of Science" titles by Joan S. Gottlieb
2009-11-17
Water - Science, Social Studies, Engagement
The man in that picture up there is my dad. He's working on a wharf on a lake that's part of a water and ecosystem his dad - a onetime county councilor - was once hired by the provincial Minister ...more
2009-11-15
Learning To Drive - One Good News Story
One of my learners who reads at a lower level came in the other night and said, "I got my driver's permit. I passed the test."Really? Oh, that's great!"Yeah, I wrote it again."How did you do it?...more
2009-11-12

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