CINDY MAILS A LETTER

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Home-Grown Story Created By

Cindy Reinhard

Theme: Daily Life

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in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy

Indianapolis, IN, 2020

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Level B/C

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.

All photos courtesy of Cindy Reinhard.

Cindy Mails a Letter

(no text)

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Level B/C

The End

1. Cindy puts on a hat.
2. She puts on a scarf.
3. She puts on a coat.
4. She goes to the store.
5. She stands outside.
6. She puts a pen in to the mailbox
7. She goes inside.

Yes / No / I don’t know Questions

Cindy Mails a Letter

(with text)

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Level B/C

The weather is cool. Cindy puts on a red sweater.

Next she puts on a long scarf.

Then she puts on a black coat.

She walks outside.

She stands outside. She is happy.

She puts a letter in to the mailbox.

She walks back inside.

The End

1. Who puts on the sweater?
2. What did Cindy put on?
3. Why did Cindy put on a coat?
4. Where is Cindy going?
5. What did Cindy put in the mailbox?

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Wh- Questions

1. The weather is cool. Cindy puts on a red sweater.
2. Next she puts on a long scarf.
3. Then she puts on a black coat.
4. She walks outside.
5. She stands outside. She is happy.
6. She puts a letter in to the mailbox.
7. She walks back inside.

Numbered Sentences