WALK OR RIDE?

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Theme: Community

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Level D

Home-Grown Story Created By

Brooke Smith

in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy 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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@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.

Walk or Ride?

(no text)

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The End

1. Hana is a woman.
2. Hana lives in a house.
3. Hana rides a bus to the bank.
4. Hana walks to the store.
5. The park is near her apartment.
6. Hana rides a bus to the pharmacy.
7. The clinic is near her apartment.
8. Hana rides an airplane to the beach.

Yes / No Questions

Walk or Ride?

(with text)

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My name is Hana.

I live in an apartment in the city.

I walk to the bank to get money.

The bank is near my apartment.

I walk for five minutes.

I walk to the grocery store to buy food.

The grocery store is near my apartment, too. I walk for ten minutes.

I walk to the park on sunny days.

The park is also near my apartment.

I walk for twelve minutes.

I cannot walk to the pharmacy.

I ride a bus.

The pharmacy is far from my apartment.

I ride the bus for fifteen minutes.

I ride a bus to the clinic, too.

The clinic is far from my apartment.

I ride the bus for nineteen minutes.

I ride an airplane to my country to go to the beach.

My country is far from my apartment.

The End

1. What is her name?
2. Where does Hana live?
3. Where does Hana walk?
4. What is near her apartment?
5. Where does Hana ride?
6. What is far from her apartment?
7. How does she get to the beach?

Wh- Questions

1. My name is Hana.
2. I live in an apartment in the city.
3. I walk to the bank to get money.
4. The bank is near my apartment.
5. I walk five minutes.
6. I walk to the grocery store to buy food.
7. The store is near my apartment, too.

Numbered Story

• I walk for ten minutes.
• I walk to the park on sunny days.
• The park is also near my apartment.
• I walk for twelve minutes.
• I cannot walk to the pharmacy.
• I ride a bus.
• The pharmacy is far from my apartment.

Numbered Story (cont’d)

• I ride the bus for fifteen minutes.
• I ride a bus to the clinic, too.
• The clinic is far from my apartment.
• I ride the bus for nineteen minutes.
• I ride an airplane to my country to go to the beach.
• My country is far from my apartment.

Numbered Story (cont’d)

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Sample Test Questions

1. If a place is far Hanna will probably
• walk
• take a bus or airplane
• ride a bike

2. How many minutes away is the clinic?

• nineteen minutes
• ninety minutes
• nine minutes

3. What is this story mostly about?

• going to the clinic
• taking the bus
• when to take walk or take the bus

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Sample Test Questions

4. Which picture goes with the sentence.

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I need to go to the grocery store.

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d. E. f.

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Sample Test Questions

Read the chart. Then do Numbers 5 and 6.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

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5. The word park belongs in Group

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1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

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6. The word bus belongs in Group

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1. 1
2. 2
3. 3