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Reading for Writing
Welcome Unit
Lead in
How to write a profile? What kinds of aspects should be included?
A student profile can include the following parts.
A Name, age, grade, school
B Personality
C Favorite subject
D Learning style
E Hobbies
F future plans and dreams
Read the student profile on page 8 and discuss the questions.
What is Ann like?
What are Ann’s hobbies?
What is Ann’s dream?
Where does Thando come from?
Read to discover details
Read the student profile on page 8 and discuss the questions.
What is Thando’s dream?
What kind of person is Thando?
What does “you will never see me without a book or a pen” mean?
Which profile do you like better? Why?
Read to discover details
Suggested answers:
1. What is Ann like?
She is active, athletic, curious, and hardworking.
2. What are Ann’s hobbies?
Dancing and skating.
3. What is Ann’s dream?
To become an engineer in the future.
4. Where does Thando come from?
South Africa.
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5. What is Thando’s dream?
To start his own IT computer.
6. What kind of person is Thando?
He is healthy, hardworking, and smart.
7. What does “you will never see me without a book or a pen” mean?
It means he is hardworking. He likes reading books and taking notes.
8. Which profile do you like better? Why?
I like the first profile better.
Because what the girl said is quite believable. Her profile is short but detailed.
Read to write down the phrases that Ann and Thando use to describe their personalities and the sentences that they use to describe their learning styles.
Phrases to describe her personalities :
an active person be curious about
Sentences to describe her learning styles:
I often ask questions, but I learn best by doing.
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Thando
Phrases to describe his personalities :
Think fast, play hard
Sentences to describe his learning styles:
You will never see me without a book or a pen. If I am not