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PAM MAKES TEA

Home-Grown Story Created By

Brooke Smith

Theme: Daily Life

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in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Pilot 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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Pam Makes Tea

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The End

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  1. Pam is cold.
  2. She will make coffee.
  3. First, she puts in milk.
  4. She turns on the microwave.
  5. The water is hot.
  6. She puts tea in a cup.
  7. She puts in sugar.
  8. Last, she drinks it.

Yes / No Questions

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Pam Makes Tea

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Pam is cold.

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She will make hot tea.

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First, she puts in water.

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Next, she turns on the stove.

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The water is hot.

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She puts tea in a cup.

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Then, she puts in hot water.

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She puts in honey.

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Last, Pam drinks it.

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She is not cold.

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The End

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  • What will Pam make?
  • What does she do first?
  • What does she turn on?
  • What does she put in a cup?
  • What does she put in the tea?
  • What does she do last?
  • How does she feel?

Wh- Questions

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  1. Pam is cold.
  2. She will make hot tea.
  3. First, she puts in water.
  4. Next, she turns on the stove.
  5. The water is hot.

Numbered Sentences

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6. She puts tea in a cup.

7. Then, she puts in hot water.

8. She puts in honey.

9. Last, Pam drinks it.

10. She is not cold.

Numbered Sentences