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WELCOME UNIT
Reading for Writing & Building Up Your Vocabulary
How will you introduce yourself to others to leave a deep impression?
I'm
friendly.
I can sing.
Lead in
Let others know more about you!
My name is ... I'm ... years old. I graduated from... I'm a .... person and I like... very much. I want to be... after I graduate.
01
Reading and thinking
Ann,15
Lakeside High School
USA
My name is Ann Wells and I’m a Grade 10 student at Lakeside High School. I’m an active person and I love sports. I’m curious/ˈkjʊəriəs/ about everything. I often ask questions,but I learn best by doing. My favourite subject is physics. Dancing and skating are my hobbies,and I also like to read short stories. I plan to become an engineer in the future.
What do you know about other people?
She is active, athletic, curious, and hardworking.
Dancing and skating.
To become an engineer in the future.
1. What is Ann like?
2. What are Ann’s hobbies?
3. What is Ann’s dream?
Thando,16
South Hill High School
South Africa
I’m Thando Gowon. I’m 16 this year. I come from South Africa. I’m a Grade 10 student at South Hill High School. I look good,think fast,and play hard. You’ll never see me without a book or a pen. If I’m not in class,I’m either in the library or in the computer lab. At the weekends,I play computer games if I’m not
busy studying. My dream is to start my own IT company!
What do you know about other people?
To start his own IT computer
He is healthy, hardworking, and smart.
It means he is hardworking. He likes reading books and taking notes.
South Africa.
4. Where does Thando come from?
5.What is Thando’s dream?
6.What kind of person is Thando?
7. What does “you will never see me without a book or a pen” mean?
02
Thinking and Writing
1. Which profile do you like better? Who would you like to make friends with? Why?
2. What aspects will be included when writing a profile?
Think: What aspects are included in the two profiles?
A Name,age,grade,school
B Personality/ˌpɜːsəˈnæl