Literacy Sponsors Beyond the Classroom (S6) by Beth Pearsall

Trish's Literacy Sponsors

nepearsall — 2024-04-04 18:29:58 UTC

1. Huntington Library and Gardens (in Pasadena, CA)
2. Archdiocese of Los Angeles (the Catholic Church of Los Angeles)
3. Girl's State
4. Homeboy Industries (Boyle Heights, CA)
5. The 1984 Olympics (held in Los Angeles)
6. My mother (with me at the Huntington Library below!)
7. My older sister (we played school)
8. Learning video games at my public library you got to play for FREE on the brand new Apple 2E computers donated by a new little-known company called Apple Computers (Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? & Oregon Trail)
10. Public library (summer reading program where reading got you free pizza points!)
11. S.E. Hinton
12. Weekly piano lessons with Mrs. Crider
13. Dr. Williams (favorite undergraduate professor)

Catherine's Literacy Sponsors

nepearsall — 2024-04-04 18:29:58 UTC

My brother's Godfather, Lambros (told us stories & sang traditional Greek songs)
Playing Scrabble as a kid
Being translator for my immigrant parents, brother (before he learned English), and grandmother
basketball (coach gave us notebooks to learn plays)
Practicing my French when we would visit family in Montreal
Greek School (church)
Greek Mythology (giant book I read over and over)
Dr. Paul Goldstene (college)
Human Services 45 (an elective course where we tutored lementary school kids in reading)
Used to play 'school' with my neighbor, who was 1 year older than me. I was the student and she was the teacher (learned years later I was doing her homework)
Sesame Street & The Electric Company on Saturday mornings

Erika's Literacy Sponsors

nepearsall — 2024-04-04 18:29:58 UTC

My grandfather's almanac
Full House (Thing before Fuller House)
Hollywood movie series on Friday nights (in Japan)
Essay writing contests (many Japanese school children participated in these as part of school curricula)
Friends from home
UCSB
My child's Spanish-English bilingual school

Mandy's Literacy Sponsors

nepearsall — 2024-04-04 18:29:58 UTC

-2 Grandmothers (pictured below at my college graduation) and their full journals and bookshelves
-being the only child meant being included in conversations as a peer, not a child
-community conversations
-Judy Blume
-Dr. Betsy Watson
-Jody Woodbury (HS English teacher) and Carl Woodbury (HS Gov't teacher)
-Thomas, my grandmother's Siamese cat (aka my best student)
-Reading Rainbow
-Sweet Valley High

Beth's Literacy Sponsors

nepearsall — 2024-04-04 18:29:58 UTC

Eye exams
Watching older sister record herself reading books
Moving to Australia in 6th grade and mispronouncing words when reading aloud in class
Teaching my daughter to read
Well-read friends
Two month recovery from surgery
My uncle Bob's weird home library

My Literacy Sponsors

zilliu — 2024-04-09 22:00:33 UTC

EPQ (I learned and wrote my first proper essay in this course)
High school writing class
My TOEFL tutors
Nature documentaries I watched when I was little
My mother (we usually read together on weekends)
Shows on Netflix
Playing video games with my friends

My literacy sponsors

sizhou3 — 2024-04-09 23:34:08 UTC

1, My grandparents(Reading tales for me when I was a kid.)

2, AP seminar teacher Mr. Cicoria.

3, Being a official TED Talk translator.(From English to Mandarin)

4, All my friends in high school.

5, Video games

6, My mother(Helping her to communicate with salesman, from French to Mandarin)

xllxu — 2024-04-10 18:07:22 UTC

My TED Talk coach
A worker at a shelter for stray animals （Adoption in lieu of sale）
Watch the court
WeChat
everyday News
public Libraries
cafe club

My literacy sponsors

shuanghuang — 2024-04-10 18:12:18 UTC

Weekend English courses
High school and middle school friends
TV Shows and Cartoons
Translating for my parents
Video games
Public Library
Reading lessons with a family friend
News or stories that my mom sends me
Social media

Literacy sponsors

ainutt — 2024-04-10 21:43:24 UTC

1. American Canyon Library - free computers available and free books with a library card. Also attending reading time when I was little

2. Revival Center Ministries (My church) - During children’s church they had students read aloud different text in the bible which helped develop my reading skills

3. Boy and Girls club Ford Essay Writing contest

4. My mom and dad - they read to me every night as a child

5. Playing with kids around my neighborhood

6. The Boys and Girls club

My literacy sponsors

xlnli — 2024-04-10 23:27:48 UTC

TV Shows and Cartoons( I have learned a lot words and math when I am watch them.)
The book corner at my old home
High school ELD class
Video games
Bilibil(an app that post video)

My Literacy Sponsors

kputrinh — 2024-04-11 00:59:03 UTC

My friends from high school
Video games
Social media
My older sister (would read books to me)
Learning Japanese with my sister
My elementary school library
Disney Movies (specifically Beauty and the Beast)

My literacy sponsors

xiujian — 2024-04-11 04:13:01 UTC

BILIBILI, a video APP like YouTube, and video uploaders on that APP.
Parents
My primary school teacher Mr.Bian(also other teachers but he is the one that affected me the most)
news on TV
Many Many after class courses
high school volleyball team
The club I joined during high school
My uncle
My grandparents
All of my friends
Video games I played
The coach of the Taekwondo team in my primary school
miniature/model

Nico's Literacy Sponsors

nvalmidiano — 2024-04-11 08:08:23 UTC

My mom
All of the authors of the books I've read
My school
The public library
Comics in the newspaper
Offline word matching games
Harry Potter movies

My literacy sponsors

lllzhang — 2024-04-11 09:42:30 UTC

My middle school English teacher
One of my favorite animated series-family guy
YouTube video
TED talk video
My high school TOEFL teacher( listening)
My exchange buddy from Australia (Candy)
Social media

My Literacy Sponsors

inapolesserrano — 2024-04-11 14:59:18 UTC

My elementary Spanish-English bilingual school
Pixar Movies
Watching Cartoon Network with my cousins
Siblings teaching me English as they were learning English
English-Spanish history courses/AVID in middle school
Library trips with my mom and younger sister
Soccer teams
Mr. Tierney guiding me through essays such as PIQs during high school

My literacy Sponsors.

nhegde1 — 2024-04-11 18:58:12 UTC

My mother. She is my first teacher , the one who held my hand and taught me to write.
My dad he taught me how the world deals.
My grandmother- She taught me to cook
My aunt- She is the one who brought me to then States.
My uncle- He taught me to handle my finances
my Boyfriend taught me to never give up
my best friends showed me what real friendship looks like
my Yoga instructor taught me how to find peace in yourself.
my school teachers who are the pillar for my educational journey.

Literacy sponsors

Zhijie_Li — 2024-04-11 19:55:37 UTC

Various YouTube videos
Elementary school teachers
Middle school teachers
Text books in schools
Pixar Movies
High school teachers
Pass essay assignments

litaracy sponsor

LolaRaboisson — 2024-04-11 21:33:24 UTC

My schools library growing up
My mom reading books to me every night when I was learning how to read
Getting at least one book every Christmas
my friends reading with me
Translating for my parents
many favorite books.

Yixuan's Literacy Sponsors

liyixuan2633072838 — 2024-04-11 21:36:59 UTC

-my mom

-my college app

-miku

-SAT test(force me to study)

-Indian dude on youtube

-khan academy for sure

My Literacy Sponsors

zmozheng — 2024-04-11 21:49:27 UTC

My mom, dad and grandma
My friends from high school and online
Social Media
Many dorm parents from my high school
Books I read before
Some movies

Hanmin's Literacy sponsors

hecho2 — 2024-04-12 22:32:08 UTC

Highschool English course teachers
SAT Tutor
Teaching my sister english
Chat with my American friends
Books I read for class discussions
Social media
Netflix