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Thanksgiving

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Home-Grown Story Created By

Mary Lou Cox

Theme: Celebrations

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in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Pilot Program

Indianapolis, IN

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Level A/B

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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, and AI tools.

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Thanksgiving

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The End

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Yes No- Questions:

  1. Thanksgiving is a holiday.
  2. Thanksgiving is in October.
  3. Family and friends eat.
  4. We eat turkey.
  5. We eat rice.
  6. We eat cake.
  7. We say thank you.

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Thanksgiving

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Level A/B

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Thanksgiving is a holiday.

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It is in November.

Thanksgiving

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Family and friends eat.

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We eat special food.

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We eat turkey.

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We eat potatoes.

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We eat pie.

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We watch American football.

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We play games.

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We say thank you.

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Thank you for family.

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Thank you for friends.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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The End

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What do you say thank you for?

Thank you for _______ and _______ and __________.

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Wh- Questions:

  • What is Thanksgiving?
  • When is Thanksgiving?
  • What do we eat on Thanksgiving?
  • What do we watch on Thanksgiving?
  • What do we say thank you for?

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  1. Thanksgiving is a holiday.
  2. It is in November.
  3. Family and friends eat.
  4. We eat special food.
  5. We eat turkey.
  6. We eat potatoes.
  7. We eat pie.

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8. We watch American football.

9. We play games.

10. We say thank you.

11.Thank you for family.

12. Thank you for friends..

13. Happy Thanksgiving!

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