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SCHOOL ON ZOOM

Home-Grown Story Created By

Mary Murphy

Theme: School/Education

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in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Pilot 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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All photos courtesy of Mary Murphy

@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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School On Zoom

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Yes / No Questions

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Emma has work.

She has class on Zoom.

Emma gets scissors.

Emma turns on video and sound.

Emma counts.

Emma’s baby cries.

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School On Zoom

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Emma has class.

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Class is on Zoom.

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She gets her pen and notebook.

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She clicks the link.

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She turns on video.

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She turns on sound.

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Emma listens and writes.

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She shows her paper.

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Her baby cries.

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Emma turns off sound.

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Class ends.

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She leaves Zoom.

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Bye, Emma!

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The End

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Wh- Questions

Where is her class?

What does she get?

What does she click?

What does she show?

Who cries?

What does she do when the baby cries?

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  1. Emma has class.
  2. Class is on Zoom.
  3. Emma gets a link.
  4. She gets her pen and notebook.
  5. She clicks the link.
  6. She turns on video.
  7. She turns on sound.

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  • Emma listens and writes.
  • She shows her paper.
  • Her baby cries.
  • Emm turns off sound.
  • Class ends.
  • She leaves Zoom.
  • Bye, Emma!