JAN’S WORK DAY

Theme: Daily Life

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Level F

Home-Grown Story Created By

Cindy Reinhard and Ginger Kosobucki

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.

Jan’s Work Day

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Jan lives in the big city. She works

downtown in an office. She is a

bookkeeper. She works from Monday to Friday.

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At 8:00, she walks to work on the busy street. She waits at the stoplight before crossing. She sees her favorite bakery. She walks past the stop sign. The bakery is open. She is hungry.

At 8:30, she eats breakfast

and drinks coffee at the bakery.

She gets toast with jam and a

black coffee with sugar.

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At 9:00, she begins her work day. She works on the computer and makes phone calls. At 3:00, she stops working for the day. She works from 9:00 to 3:00. She works for six hours.

Then she walks home. She does

not stop on the way home. She gets

home at 4:00 pm. She is tired from

walking. She rests.

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In the evening, she eats dinner. She teaches English class Monday to Thursday evening. She visits with friends on Friday evening. At 9 pm she watches TV. She goes to bed at 10 pm.

The End

Yes/No Questions

1. Jan lives in the city.
2. Jan drives a car to work.
3. She goes by bus to work.
4. The bakery is open.
5. She eats breakfast at 9:00.
6. She works for 10 hours.
7. She leaves work at 3.

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Wh- Questions

1. Where does she live? She lives...
2. Where do you live? I live...
3. How does she go to work?
4. How do you go to work?
5. How many hours does she work?
6. How many hours do you work?
7. What time does she go to work?
8. What time do you go to work?
9. What time does she leave work?
10. What time do you leave work?
11. Do you like your job?

Read the form. Do questions 1, 2 and 3.

1. What date does Jan go to the dentist?
1. Tuesday, November 5
2. Thursday, November 7
3. Friday

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2. What time is Jan’s dentist appointment?

1. 9:00 AM
2. 5:30 PM
3. 3:30 PM

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3. What activity is on the calendar for Sunday mornings?

• soccer game
• church
• English class

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4. What it the name of this form?

1. calendar
2. work schedule
3. check

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Look at the sign.

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5. What is the purpose of the sign?

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1. To show a school crossing
2. To show a railroad crossing
3. To show where the bus stops

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6. What time is it?

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• 8:45
• 7:45
• 8:30

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Street Signs

Don’t walk

Wait

Walk

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Street Signs

Pedestrian Crossing

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School Crossing

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Street Signs

Bus Stop

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Railroad Crossing

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city work

at bakery

walk she

wait stop

see breakfast