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1. Connecting Families through Community: An English as a Second Language (ESL) Family Literacy Project – Child’s Guide (2012)
Series: Connecting Families through Community – U of Regina
Authors: Vianne Timmons, Barbara MacNeil, Cynthia Penner-Haughey
This is one of the resources developed through an English as a Second Language (ESL) family literacy project carried out by university researchers with input from newcomer families.
This document is the children’s component of the program. It is divided into 10 modules, dealing with such topics as recreation and leisure; friendship; homework; community safety; and health.
Each module contains activities to help children improve their English skills and, at the same time, learn more about their new home.
The material can be adapted for children of various ages. For instance, several activities offer participants the choice of writing about something or drawing a picture.
The authors have included tips on making new friends, along with several games that emphasize teamwork and other social skills.
To see the final report for the project, go to http://library.nald.ca/item/10985. Other components of the project can be seen by clicking here http://library.nald.ca/item/11012 for the parent's guide, and here http://library.nald.ca/item/11061 for the facilitator's guide.
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Added: 2012-12-07
2. Facilitator's Guide: A Resource Kit on Bullying for Youth with Low-English Literacy (2009)
Series: Guard Against Bullying
Authors: M Stiphout, A Freeman, Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI)
This resource kit was developed by the Calgary-based Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI), an agency that helps people with disabilities as well as the community at large, and is aimed at young people with low English literacy skills.
The kit provides information about bullying; the roles that take place in bullying situations; and strategies to prevent and respond to bullying. In addition to this facilitator’s guide, the resource kit includes four fact sheets and three videos.
The material for participants is easy to read.
VRRI is now called Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research (Vecova): http://vecova.ca/.
Added: 2011-12-06
3. How can you help stop bullying? (2009)
Fact Sheet
Series: Guard Against Bullying
Authors: M Stiphout, A Freeman, Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI)
This fact sheet is part of a resource kit developed by the Calgary-based Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI), an agency that helps people with disabilities as well as the community at large.
The authors offer suggestions for avoiding becoming a target for bullying; reporting bullying; preventing social bullying; and dealing with cyber bullying.
In addition to using clear language, the authors have provided definitions and pronunciation guides for difficult terms.
VRRI is now called Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research (Vecova): http://vecova.ca/.
Added: 2011-12-06
4. Knowing When Enough is Enough: Comic Book (2010)
Authors: Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI)
This comic book is part of the Knowing When Enough is Enough resource, prepared by the Calgary-based Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI), an agency that helps people with disabilities as well as the community at large.
The comic tells the story of a teenage boy’s night of excessive drinking and the consequences it has, including finding embarrassing photos of himself posted on Facebook.
The authors have also included information about alcohol poisoning, binge drinking, and myths about hangovers.
VRRI is now called Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research (Vecova): http://vecova.ca/.
Added: 2012-01-27
5. New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills Curriculum: Course 19 (2010)
Business Manners and Etiquette
Series: NBAWES Curriculum
Authors: New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project
This document is part of a curriculum developed through the New Brunswick Aboriginal Workplace Essential Skills (NBAWES) project, designed to help Aboriginal adults improve both their literacy skills and their employability.
In this unit, the focus is on business manners and etiquette. Participants explore the concepts of manners and etiquette in mainstream culture; describe social manners and etiquette; and describe business manners and etiquette.
Specific lesson plans deal with topics like table manners; making introductions; grooming and proper attire; body language; and telephone manners. There are checklists to help participants assess their skills.
Many of the lessons include role-playing exercises.
Added: 2012-01-17
6. On the Job: Essential Skill of Working with Others (2006)
Series: On the Job: ESL and Essential Skills for Work
Authors: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
Working with Others deals with the extent to which employees work with others to carry out their tasks. Do they work cooperatively? Do they work alone? It does not include non-task related social behaviour that occurs in the workplace, such as small talk. That is not saying small talk is not important but rather that this definition is confined to work tasks.
The Essential Skill of Working with Others is based on two dimensions: levels of coordination and integration with others in the workplace and roles and responsibilities of the worker to work with others.
It is further defined through four levels of complexity ranging from minimal responsibility for interaction with others to coordinating and integrating work with many others and being responsible for this integration with many complicating factors.
Added: 2009-06-30
7. Reading Circle Games and Activities (2011)
Authors: Dave Page, Sophie Maksimowski
This document contains a variety of activities that can help children to increase vocabulary, develop love of language, and improve literacy skills. As well, because they are designed for groups of children taking part in reading circles, the activities also emphasize social skills such as sharing and cooperating.
The authors divide the activities into those suitable for toddlers and preschoolers, and those more suitable for children age six or older. They offer tips for adapting activities for different age groups. For example, Word Bingo can be played with school-age children, while preschoolers can play Picture Bingo.
They also provide many suggestions for songs, rhymes, and books to accompany the activities.
Added: 2013-01-09
8. Smart Shopping (2008)
QLWG Essential Life Skills - Unit 7
Series: QLWG Skills for Life Series
Authors: Vicki-Ann Huegli
Competency-based learning meets the needs of all learners. It is important to keep in mind, however, that all learners are different. In order to address the needs and interests of all learners, the units in this publication have been divided by Essential Life Skills and Individual Life Skills.
Essential Life Skills are important for everyone, while Individual Life Skills address the needs and interests of different learners. Once learners have completed the “Essential” units, they may choose a unit that is applicable to their interests and lifestyle.
Added: 2009-09-17
9. Using Facebook - Lesson Plan (2012)
Series: Computer Literacy Workshops and Lesson Plans – CBAL
Authors: Joan Exley, Anne Cavicchi
This document offers an outline for a three-hour lesson about using the social networking site Facebook. Learning objectives include defining social networking; creating a Facebook account; using Facebook; and protecting privacy on Facebook.
The authors have included a detailed description of specific learning goals; an estimate of the time required for each goal; and page references for the workbook that accompanies the lesson.
This lesson plan is part of a computer series developed by Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) and published on Creative Commons, a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available to share legally.
Added: 2012-09-04
10. Using Facebook - Workbook (2012)
Series: Computer Literacy Workshops and Lesson Plans – CBAL
Authors: Joan Exley, Anne Cavicchi
Published by Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL), this workbook accompanies a lesson plan of the same name.
The authors begin by outlining the history of the social network Facebook. From there, they go on to discuss how to sign up for Facebook; finding and adding friends; how to share photos; protecting privacy on Facebook; and where to get help on Facebook.
The document has been licensed under Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that has developed copyright licences that allow creators, free of charge, to specify which rights they reserve and which rights they waive regarding the use of their work.
Added: 2012-09-11
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