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ASHA LEARNS ENGLISH

Home-Grown Story Created By

Brooke Smith and Mary Murphy

Theme: School / Education

in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Pilot Program

Indianapolis, IN

Level A

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Using This Story

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.

@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.

Photos of Asha are courtesy of Pathway to Literacy teachers.

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Asha Learns English

(no text)

A

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B

C

A

D

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The End

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Yes/No Questions

Asha is from Somalia.

She lives in Chicago.

Asha goes to English class.

She learns how to cook.

Asha has English class for 2 years.

She passes level D.

Asha gets a certificate.

The class is sad.

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Asha Learns English

(with text)

A

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This is Asha.

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Asha is from Somalia.

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She lives in Indianapolis.

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Asha goes to English class.

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She learns letters and words.

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Asha has class for 3 years.

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She passes level D!

B

C

A

D

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Asha gets a certificate.

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The class is happy.

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Good job, Asha!

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The End

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Wh- Questions

Where is Asha from?

Where does Asha live?

How many years does Asha have class?

What level does she pass?

What does she get?

How does her class feel?

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Numbered Sentences

This is Asha.
Asha is from Somalia.
She lives in Indianapolis.
Asha goes to English class.
She learns letters and words.

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Numbered Sentences

Asha has class for 3 years.
She passes level D.
She gets a certificate.
The class is happy.
Good job, Asha!

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level grade

B

C

A

D

A 90-100%

B 80-89%

C 70-79%

D 60-69%

F 0-59%