Cynthia Zafft has just shared this great resource with me, and I pass it on to you.
The Florida Literacy Coalition offers wonderful writing resources for adult Learners. The link below will take you to its latest, free Essay Book, written by adult learners. Below the link to the PDF of "Hear Me: A collection of essays by Florida's adult learners," you'll find links to similar collections developed over the years. A limited number of books are available for a $5 donation.
Go to http://www.floridaliteracy.org/essaybookhome.htm. Contact info@floridaliteracy.org for more information.
How about having your students write similar collections? If you go to the "Call for Essays"page, (www.floridaliteracy.org/essaybookinfo.html), you'll find a list of suggested topics:
My experience in adult education and literacy
A turning point in my life
My goals and ambitions
My favorite place
Why voting is important to me
How life in my home country differs from life in the U.S.
Someone or something I admire
Describe what the American Dream means to you
Personal story
Original poetry
An encounter that changed my life
My favorite day
At the bottom of that page, is the recording of a webinar from December 2015, "The ESOL Writing Process, Engaging Learners Through Evidence-Based Instruction.
If you use this or similar resources with your learners, please drop in and share those in this forum! Thanks in advance from all of us. Leecy
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In Ohio we have a similar publication called Beginnings. We have a special event for the authors and their teachers to unveil the book. All of the past volumes are online. Here's the link for them http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/beginnings.html And here's the link for more information about the project http://literacy.kent.edu/beginnings/WritersConference.html
Perfect, Di. We so often refer to modeling as an essential practice. What better models can we provide than those developed by other students? Yes!