Class+Materials

"Tutor Ready" Materials: ..............

As a new tutor, preparing for your first meeting with your student(s) can be challenging. This wiki page can help you with that task as well as provide you with ongoing materials for your classes. toc


 * First Few Classes : **

New students usually come to the first meeting with their tutor with a pencil or pen and something to write on. As a tutor, you may wish to provide your student with a set of materials that they can use at home as well as during your classes. Many items are available in LVCC's library and on this Wiki site that you can select to give to your students.

However, to make it easier for you, the tutor, this section provides a combination of material that has been of use to a number of students, from Literacy Level to Level 3 students. Versions for Spanish speakers and for Haitian Creole speakers are available.

=New Student Basic Materials: =

After your first two meetings with your student, you should have an idea of what your student may need. Suggestions include:
 * Pencils, a pen, and a ruled notebook.


 * A Naples City map (a cost item) and a bus schedule (free from the Visitors Center on the North Trail).


 * A phrase book, such as Pensando en English (check out copies in LVCC's library) or buy at Amazon.com. The Haitain Creole version is available in PDF format or in the LVCC Library.


 * A sample collection of materials is available in two PDF files, one for Spanish students and the other for Haitian Creole students. This material includes a page of the alphabet and how to pronounce each letter in the student's native language, most common English words, English hints & tips, contractions, months, days, ordinal & cardinal numbers, and actual journal entry examples. Suggest you also include three maps in this collection, Florida, the U.S., and the world. NOTE: The U.S. and world maps (pages 2 & 3) require changing your printer to landscape for proper printing.


 * LVCC recommends you wait to give your student the collection of materials that you have selected, including items such as workbooks (Expressways, or Oxford Picture Dictionary, or others) until the third meeting with the student.

=Top 100 English Words: =


 * The attached PDF files list the most common words in English, and a rank order ot the top nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and others (pronouns, conjunctions, etc.) One version of the files includes a phonetic pronunciation in Haitian, and another in Spanish.

For ongoing materials to use with your student, use the following links and files:

Spanish Students Haitian Creole Students Internet Sites

= Ongoing Student Evaluations: =

As your student is progressing, you may wish to evaluate how well your student is doing. ExpressWays has a series of Test Packages that are useful in reviewing their progress. You do __**not**__ have to be using ExpressWays to use these Test Packages. Each Package contains eight tests, plus a middle and final test. There are four of the packages, called Test Package 1 through Test Package 4. Included are answers and Student Progress Evaluation Forms. Prentice Hall Regents, the publisher allows teachers (tutors) to reproduce sufficient copies for their classes. Try them.



= Compound Interest Examples: = = = This two page PDF file shows students simple examples of $5 or $10 monthly deposits in an account earning 3% interest over a 20 year period.

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Linguistics: =

This material was developed by Don Loritz.

Linguistics 001

Ling 001 English Phonetics, Articulation, Vocal Tract Posture