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NEW CLOTHES

Home-Grown Story Created By

Brooke Smith

Theme: Clothing/Shopping

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in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy 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 Gemini AI.

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NEW CLOTHES

(no text)

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B/C

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Jacket $13.00

Sweater $19.00

Pants $28.00

Shoes $26.00

Subtotal $ 86.00

Tax $ 8.60

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Total $94.60

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$13.00

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$19.00

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$28.00

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$26.00

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The End

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Yes / No Questions

  1. This is the West family.
  2. The baby needs pants.
  3. Mom needs a sweater.
  4. The son needs shoes.
  5. Dad shops.
  6. Dad gets tan pants.
  7. The son gets blue shoes.
  8. They like the clothes.

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NEW CLOTHES

(with text)

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B/C

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This is the West family.

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The baby needs a jacket–size 12 months.

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Mom needs a sweater–size medium.

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Dad needs pants–size extra large.

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The son needs shoes–size 1.

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Mom shops at Target.

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Jacket $13.00

Sweater $19.00

Pants $28.00

Shoes $26.00

Subtotal $ 86.00

Tax $ 8.60

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Total $94.60

She pays $94.60.

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$13.00

The pink jacket is $13.00.

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$19.00

The blue sweater is $19.00.

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$28.00

The tan pants are $28.00.

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$26.00

The black shoes are $26.00.

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They like the new clothes.

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The End

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Wh- Questions

  1. What is the name of the family?
  2. What does the baby need?
  3. What does Mom need?
  4. What does Dad need?
  5. What does the son need?
  6. Who shops?
  7. How much are the new clothes?
  8. What does Mom buy?

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Numbered Sentences

  1. This is the West family.
  2. The baby needs a jacket–size 12 months.
  3. Mom needs a sweater–size medium.
  4. Dad needs pants–size extra large.
  5. The son needs shoes–size 1.
  6. Mom shops at Target.

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Numbered Sentences

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  • She pays $94.60.
  • The pink jacket is $13.00.
  • The blue sweater is $19.00.
  • The tan pants are $28.00.
  • The black shoes are $26.00.
  • They like the new clothes.

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