Quarterly Questionnaires - Data sheets for tutors which must be filled out by the tutor and student quarterly. Due by January 15th, April 15th, July 15th, October 15th or as soon as possible.

Lesson Ideas

Lesson Plan PDF

Try some reading and word activities for your good health
Stop Smoking Grant funded by the Four County Foundation.
Tips from other tutors.
Field trip to the library.
Make puzzles for your partner
Your Student and the Computer: Introduce your partner to the computer and the Internet

Search the Macomb County Library site for health, stock, magazine information and more.

Your student might be eligible for free books on tape from the Macomb Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped if they have been diagnosed as having a reading disability by a doctor of medicine or osteopathy.

You can access the Internet at the Macomb County Library or your local library (member libraries of the Suburban Library Cooperative).
The Michigan Electronic Library, http://www.mel.org/index.html, has health resources, information on recreation, and the environment...information on just about any topic

Contact the Macomb County Library at 586-286-6660 during business hours for a password to on-line databases. You can access the Internet at the Macomb County Library or your local library (member libraries of the Suburban Library Cooperative).*

Student Tutor Photo Slideshow New

Meeting Places

UPDATED List of public places to meet with your student. Call the MLP office 586-286-2750 for hours of availability, contact person, and phone number.

New English Speakers
Selected links for ESL students - great links for EVERYONE. Includes games, quizzes, vocabulary, even an interactive game and word study activities. Dave's ESL Cafe, where English is fun. Be sure to check out Idioms

Language Translators (commercial site)
Free Translation

Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE) is a non-profit public service organization that identifies the U.S. equivalence of foreign educational credentials.

Citizenship Information
United States Citizenship & Immigration Services: Visit this site and click on "Citizenship".

Literacy Websites

Literacy Partnership of Southeast Michigan
Dominican Literacy Center, Detroit, MI
Family Literacy Center, Lapeer County, MI
Kent County Literacy Council, Grand Rapids, MI
Oakland Literacy Council, Oakland County, MI
Washtenaw Literacy - Washtenaw County's literacy site includes links to other sites

Pro Literacy - the world's oldest and largest literacy organization
National Institute for Literacy - an independent federal organization leading the effort toward a fully literate America in the 21st century

Employment Information
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
Michigan Works: to post your resume on the Michigan Talent Job Bank

Miscellaneous Services
Macomb County Community Services - Head Start, Senior Services, Emergency Services Macomb Commercial Driver's License Training
Mapquest Roadmaps - Great for map reading activities (commercial site)

Virtual Field Trips
The Henry Ford
The Detroit Institute of the Arts (DIA)
The Charles H. Wright of African American History History
The New Detroit Science Center

Exchanging Ideas
E-mail Macomb Literacy Partners: Adult learners, do you have something you'd like to share with others? Tutors, do you have lesson ideas or tutoring experiences you would like to pass along? Send them to Macomb Literacy Partners.