Literacy in my community is a resource book designed to support adult learners who are developing their literacy skills. It has a community focus, with print and go activity pages about:
community events
people and places
local activities
community supports
civic participation
workplace literacy
finding work
 
As students work through the activities in the book, they will develop skills in areas including:
Reading a simple text
Working with text and images
Responding to a text
Understanding parts of a simple text
Understanding author intent, context and audience
Summarising a short text
Answering questions
Finding key information
Understanding community signs and symbols
Learning about non fiction texts
Learning about job advertisements
Reading and responding to visual texts
Finding out about civic and community information
Learning about the Australian community
Using literacy in a work context
Finding information online
Discussing simple texts
Sharing opinions with others
Literacy in my community has been written to suit adult learners in community based and vocational courses who are working on literacy skills for a positive future. 
 
Extent
90 pages PDF download for classroom use by a single teacher or trainer