An invitation from the Fine Print Editorial Committee to adult literacy teachers and students

Please help us with our special Fine Print 2008 Summer Edition “Celebrating ALBE Students and their Writing”

 

We want to celebrate the work of adult literacy students by publishing their writing. We want to build a picture of the diverse learning contexts, the life experiences, and the goals and thoughts of our learners.

We also want to highlight teaching approaches to writing by publishing short reflections from teachers.

For this purpose we will select a number of pieces from those submitted.

 

Guidelines for Teachers

1. Talk to your students about the reason for this edition

2. Ask them to write a reflective piece following the guidelines for students provided below or provide a piece already complete.

3. Contribute a brief reflection of your own on how you approach the teaching of writing, preferably with reference to the students writing piece submitted. We would like to hear how you inspire your students, and how you facilitate the writing process.

 

Word limit for teachers: between 250 and 500 words

 

Guidelines for Students

Write a reflective piece about your learning journey. How have your life experiences contributed to your learning? What classroom experiences have contributed to your learning? Where do you want to go as a result of your learning?

or

Choose a piece of your writing of any genre which you have already completed and would like others to read.

Write another paragraph about yourself, and why you have chosen this piece of writing.

 

Word limit: approximately 250 words

 

Submission Details

Please email to fineprint@valbec.org.au as an attachment in MS Word.

 

Deadline: September 28, 2008