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THE RESTAURANT KITCHEN

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Home-Grown Story Created By

Marylynn Hoffman

Theme: Food

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Level B/C

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.

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The Restaurant Kitchen

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The End

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  1. Marco works in a supermarket.
  2. He cooks pasta for dinner.
  3. Rob helps Marco.
  4. They cook vegetables.
  5. The customers do not like the food.

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Yes / No Questions

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The Restaurant Kitchen

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B/C

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This is Marco.

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He is a cook.

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He works in a restaurant.

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He cooks meat and vegetables for dinner.

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Rob helps Marco.

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He goes to the shelf to get food.

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He gets lemons and bananas.

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He gets tomatoes.

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He gets onions and potatoes.

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He cuts the onions.

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Marco fries the vegetables.

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The customers like the food!

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The End

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Wh- Questions

  1. Where does Marco work?
  2. What does Marco cook?
  3. Who is Rob?
  4. What does Rob cut?
  5. What do the customers say?

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Numbered Sentences

  • This is Marco.
  • He is a cook.
  • He works in a restaurant.
  • He cooks meat and vegetables for dinner.
  • Rob helps Marco.

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Numbered Sentences

  • He goes to the shelf to get food.
  • He gets lemons and bananas.
  • He gets tomatoes.
  • He gets onions and potatoes.
  • He cuts the onions.
  • Marco fries the vegetables.
  • The customers like the food!

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