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SAMUEL SAVES

Home-Grown Story Created Collaboratively

Theme: Financial Literacy

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in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Pilot Program

Indianapolis, IN

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Level B/C

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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 Google Gemini.

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Samuel Saves

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$2,000

Two thousand dollars and 00/100____

Samuel Mbato

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The End

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  1. Samuel works at a school.
  2. Samuel makes $200.00.
  3. Samuel puts his money in the bank.
  4. Samuel’s bills cost $1,500.
  5. He wants to save $500.00.
  6. Samuel’s friends need help.
  7. Samuel does not help his friends.
  8. Samuel needs help.
  9. His friends give him money.
  10. Samuel is sad.

Yes / No Questions

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Samuel Saves

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This is Samuel.

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Samuel has a job at Amazon.

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He makes $2,000.00 .

$2,000

Two thousand dollars and 00/100____

Samuel Mbato

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He puts his paycheck in the bank.

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Samuel has bills to pay.

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He pays $1,500.00 total.

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Now he has $500.00 left.

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2,000

1,500

500

two thousand

minus one thousand, five hundred

equals

five hundred

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He wants to save his $500.00 .

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But his friends need help.

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Samuel gives them money.

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Now he has $50.00 .

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He did not save his $500.00 .

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Oh no! Samuel has a problem!

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His friends help him.

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They give him money.

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Samuel is happy. He has good friends.

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Now he can fix his car.

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The End

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  1. Where does Samuel work?
  2. How much money does Samuel make?
  3. Where does Samuel put his money?
  4. How much are Samuel’s bills?
  5. Who does Samuel give money to?
  6. How much does Samuel have?
  7. What is Samuel’s problem?
  8. Who gives him money?
  9. How does he feel?
  10. What will he do with the money?

Wh- Questions

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  1. This is Samuel.
  2. Samuel has a job at Amazon.
  3. He makes $2,000.00 .
  4. He puts his paycheck in the bank.
  5. Samuel has bills to pay.
  6. He pays $1,500.00 total.

Numbered Sentences

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  • Now he has $500.00 left.
  • He wants to save his $500.00 .
  • But his friends need help.
  • Samuel gives them money.
  • Now he has $50.00 .
  • He did not save his $500.00 .

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  • Oh no! Samuel has a problem!
  • His friends help him.
  • They give him money.
  • Samuel is happy.
  • He has good friends!
  • Now he can fix his car.