We have created and curated a Google Drive exclusively for our volunteer tutors. It’s a place where you can share your own lesson plans and teaching resources, and draw on those of others. For access, contact Bryan Seck at bseck@lincolnliteracy.org.
For All Levels
Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Getting Started
Intermediate ELL Lessons
- Lesson Plan — Intermediate Level
- A Guide to Calling 911
- What’s the Matter? Health
- What Time is it?
- Syllables
- Resume Draft Worksheet
- Nebraska Trivia
- Employment Application
- Correcting Spelling
- Contraction Action
Basic ELL Lessons
- Lesson Plan — Beginning Level
- Do You Like it?
- Filling Out a Form
- Long and Short Vowels
- Clothes and Shoes Vocabulary
- Seasons and Weather Vocabulary
- Set the Table
- Word Families
- Writing Numbers
Advanced ELL Lessons
- Lesson Plan — Advanced Level
- Syllables
- Story Order
- Prefixes that Make Opposites
- Comprehension True or False
- Comprehension Maze
Adult Skills
Career Assessments (For Job Mentors)
- The Interest Assessment – 30-questions that match interests to careers.
- The Skills Matcher – identifies your skills and matches them to careers.
- The Work Values Matcher – helps identify the qualities that are most important to you in a career and the place you work.
- Myers-Briggs Test – describes your preferred way of interacting.
- Career Beliefs Inventory – helps identify and overcome attitudes that interfere with choosing a career. ($$)
- Strong Interest Inventory – compares your interests with those of individuals successfully working in a range of jobs. ($)
- Values Assessment – helps you learn more about your underlying work needs and motivations, and can help you decide what is important to you in a job.
- Kiersey Temperament Sorter – provides a detailed summary of personality type and core characteristics, including what types of roles and workplaces may be a good fit.
Job Search Tools
- Indeed
- CareerBuilder
- Monster
- Nebraska Department of Labor
- US Department of Labor: Career OneStop
- Your own personal networks
- Specific business websites and social media pages
- Trade union websites
- Educational Institution websites (UNL, SCC)
Useful Websites
Teaching Ideas/Worksheets/Lesson Plans/Review
- https://quizlet.com/
- https://mnliteracy.org/curriculum-lesson-plans
- https://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading-Comprehension
- https://esl.about.com
- https://bogglesworldesl.com
- https://allesl.com
- https://coabe-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KuNNUPf5RCyUSP6lnJbKwQ#/registration
Writing/Grammar
Slow Conversational English
- Easy & Slow English Conversation Practice for Super Beginners
- Learn English with Friends | The Friendly Finger
Phonics/Reading
Adult Basic Literacy
Games /Fun Activities
Community Resources
Other: