Hi Amy:

Awesome Stories might be something to include. 
http://www.awesomestories.com/  It is a collection of stories which
should interest adults.  It also has a video section - where people can
first read a paragraph about the video and then look at it.  There are
around 400 videos listed. 
http://www.awesomestories.com/sample_topics/video_clips.shtml  Many
of  the stories also have an audio component, so adult learners can hear
the words as they read them.  Here's a link to that index. 
http://www.awesomestories.com/sample_topics/audio_collection.shtml 
The site is free - you just need to request a password to access all the
materials.  It takes about ten seconds to get that.

Best,
Carole



>>> atrawick at charter.net 8/12/2008 11:41 AM >>>

Practitioners often ask how they can find books, poetry, or even simple
paragraphs that relate to adult interests and issues.  I have added a
few resources to the Reading section of the ALE Wiki*, but I realize
this is a very incomplete list.  I wondered if we might pool our
collective knowledge to create a "go to" list for the field. I'm
envisioning this list being a list of collections of resources rather
than a list of individual titles.  If you know of a site that already
provides such a list, please let me know and I'll just create a link to
it from the wiki instead of recreating the wheel:).  

If you are interested in contributing to the list I've started, please
do the following:

1)  Go to the Reading section of the ALE Wiki.  Shortcut: 
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Reading.
2)  Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the section Finding
Materials for Adult Readers.
3)  Add to or revise the current list.

To edit the page, you need to be registered on the ALE Wiki.  If you
are not registered, take just a minute to complete a simple process. 
Click on "create an account or log in" at the top of any web page in the
wiki. Fill in the information required (username, password, etc.).

Once you are registered, log in.  Then go to the page you want to edit
and click on "edit" at the top of the page.  Type your comments, select
the "Show preview" button at the bottom of the page to see what they
look like and then, when you like how they look, select the "Save page"
button.

If you need help or want to send an idea, question, or comment directly
to me, you may contact me at atrawick at charter.net .  Or, you can post
directly to the discussion list.  

Thank you in advance for your great ideas!

Amy 

Amy R. Trawick
Reading Topic Leader
ALE Wiki  http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page 

*What is the ALE Wiki?
The Adult Literacy Education(ALE) Wiki is a free, online environment
for practitioners, researchers, adult learners and others who are
interested in the connections between research, professional knowledge,
and practice in adult basic education, adult secondary education, and
English language learning. Like other wikis*, this is a text environment
where one can read what others have written, but also easily contribute
one's own knowledge, opinions, findings, and observations. The ALE Wiki
includes discussions and resources on a number of topics ranging from
adult basic literacy, to assessment, workforce and workplace education,
and public policy. In the topic areas are selected discussions which
have taken place on electronic lists, summaries of these discussions,
links to relevant research, research citations, bibliographies,
glossaries of terms, and other resources.