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RENTING AN APARTMENT

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Home-Grown Story Created By

Brooke Smith, Mary Lou Cox and Ginger Kosobucki

Theme: Housing

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in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Program

Indianapolis, IN

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Level A

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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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Renting an Apartment

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Office

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100

Northwood Apartments

$500.00

Tess L. Jackson

Dec. 15

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Five hundred dollars and

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100

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The End

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Yes No Questions

  1. Tess wants to move to a house.
  2. She goes to the office.
  3. She talks to a man.
  4. The rent is $90.25 a month.
  5. She likes the big, clean apartment.
  6. She fills out an application.
  7. Tess signs the lease.
  8. She pays with a credit card.
  9. She gets the keys in February.

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Renting an Apartment

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Tess wants to move here.

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She goes to the office.

Office

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Do you have a 2 bedroom apartment for rent?

Yes, in January.

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How much is the rent?

$925 a month

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Can I see the apartment?

Yes, I will show you.

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Tess likes the big, clean apartment.

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I want to rent it.

Please fill out an application.

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On Tuesday, Tess signs the lease.

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She pays the deposit.

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100

Northwood Apartments

$500.00

Tess L. Jackson

Dec. 15

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Five hundred dollars and

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100

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She gets the keys on January 1.

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She moves in.

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The End

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Wh- Questions

  • Where does Tess go?
  • What does she ask for?
  • How much is the rent?
  • Why does she like the apartment?
  • What does she fill out?
  • What does she pay?
  • When does she get the keys?

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Numbered Sentences

  1. Tess wants to move here.
  2. She goes to the office.
  3. Do you have a 2 bedroom apartment for rent?
  4. Yes, in January.
  5. How much is the rent?
  6. $925 a month.
  7. May I see the apartment?
  8. Yes, I will show you.

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Numbered Sentences

  1. Tess likes the big, clean apartment.
  2. I want to rent it.
  3. Please fill out an application.
  4. On Tuesday, Tess signs the lease.
  5. She pays the deposit.
  6. She gets the keys on January 1.
  7. She moves in.