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TROUBLE AT WORK

Home-Grown Story Created By

Liz Marcello

Theme: Success at Work

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Level B/C

in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Program

Indianapolis, IN

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Using This Story

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  • These stories were created as open educational resources to use with adult English language learners who have limited-literacy skills.
  • We encourage using the stories first without words, to introduce and develop students’ oral language before showing them the text.
  • Comic Sans font is used in the stories because it closely resembles handwriting.
  • The story is meant to be a resource, not a stand-alone curriculum.
  • The Yes/No and Wh- question slides are not meant to be shown to the students.

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@2023. This work is licensed under a CC BY NC 4.0 license by the Pathway to Literacy Program, under the direction of the Immigrant Welcome Center, in Indianapolis, IN. All images in this story, unless otherwise attributed, are from Public Domain or free stock photo images sources, such as Unsplash, Pikist, Pixabay, Pexels, FreePik, Pics4Learning.

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Trouble at Work

(no text)

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B/C

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The End

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Yes / No Questions

  1. Amira works at a school.
  2. Amira works hard.
  3. The co-workers work hard, too.
  4. The work is not done.
  5. The supervisor is happy.
  6. The supervisor knows who works hard.
  7. The supervisor is mad at Amira.

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Trouble at Work

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This is Amira.

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She works at a warehouse.

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She is a good worker.

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She works hard.

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They are her co-workers.

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They do not work hard.

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They sit and talk.

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They laugh.

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The work is not done.

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The supervisor comes.

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She is mad.

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She sees who works hard.

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She is mad at the co-workers.

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She is not mad at Amira.

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The supervisor tells Amira it is ok.

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Amira is not in trouble. She is glad.

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The End

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Wh- Questions

  1. Where does Amira work?
  2. What does she do?
  3. What do her coworkers do?
  4. What is the problem?
  5. Why is the supervisor mad?
  6. Who is the supervisor mad at?
  7. What does the supervisor say to Amira?

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Numbered Sentences

  1. This is Amira.
  2. She works at a warehouse.
  3. She is a good worker.
  4. She works hard.
  5. They are her co-workers.
  6. They do not work hard.
  7. They sit and talk.
  8. They laugh.

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Numbered Sentences

  • The work is not done.
  • The supervisor comes.
  • She is mad.
  • She sees who works hard.
  • She is mad at the co-workers.
  • She is not mad at Amira.
  • The supervisor tells Amira it is ok.
  • Amira is not in trouble.
  • She is glad.