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Reading for Writing
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Pre-reading and writing
What's a profile?
It’s a description of somebody
that gives usefule information.
It includes much personal information.
profile: (n.) ①侧面;轮廓;外形;剖面;
②简况(brief introduction); 档案
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What aspects of the personal information may include?
Personal infromation
name
age
birthplace
hobbies
education career
future plans and dreams
personality
...
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Discuss these questions with your partner.
1. What is Ann like? How do you know?
She is active and curious.
2. What is Ann’ s learning style?
She learns best by doing.
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Discuss these questions with your partner.
3. What does “ you’ll never see me without a book or a pen.” mean?
It means he nearly always has a pen or a book with him, because he likes study.
Use sentence structure: You’ll never see me without...
Example:
You’ll never see me without a cell phone.
It describe a person who is very social and needs to feel connected to others.
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5. Which profile do you like better? Why?
I like the second profile better, because it paints a clearer picture of what kind of person he is. The first profile mostly contains lists.
Discuss these questions with your partner.
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name
grade
school
nationality
A profile may
include...
personality
hobbies
learning
style
favorite
subject
future plan/
dream
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name
grade
school
nationality
personality
hobbies
learning style
favorite subject
future plan/dream
Find relative sentences that describe the following parts.
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Fill in the table
Name Ann Wells Thando Gowon
Age 15 16
Grade Grade 10 Grade 10
School Lakeside High School South Hill High School
Personality active and curious look good, think fast and play hard
Favourite subject physics computer science
Learning style learn by doing reading and writing
Hobbies dancing, skating and reading short stories playing computer games
Future plans and dreams to become an engineer to start his own IT company
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Summar
What makes
a profile?
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The structure of a profile
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个人简介常用词句
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Add appropriate connection words and details to write a draft of your profile.
Sample writing
My name is Li Hua, and I am a Grade 10 student at Senior High School in China. I am very friendly. Helping others is the best thing that can make me happy. I like English best because I know more about the world according to learn English and I like to have a conversation with a foreigner. As the matter of fact, I also spend a lot of time reading English book. This is also a secret to learn English better for me because I can gain a better understanding. As you can see, I am fond of reading so much. I dream to be a translator to bring more interesting books to others in the future.
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Time to design your own student profile!
Step 1 (8-10 min)
Complete the outline and use it to draft your student profile. (You can add some other information if you want to, like you favorite food etc.)
Giving instructions
I am in the xxx grade.
I'm a Grade xxx student.
I like/love ...
I would like to xxx when I grow up.
I plan to...
My dream is to...
You'll never see me without...
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Step 2 (5-6 min)
Exchange drafts. Use the checklist to give feedback on your partner's draft.
1. Does the profile give you a good impression of the student?
2. Are all the parts included and organized in a good order?
3. Are the sentence structure correct?
4. Do all the sentences begin with capital letters?
5. Are there any spelling mistakes?
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What good points did I learn from my partner's draft? What mistakes should I avoid from my partner's draft?
1. I'm quite keen on football;
... 1. spelling mistake: confidant (confident);
...
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While-reading and writing
Exhchange your draft with your partner.
Use the checklist to give feedback on your partner draft.
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While-reading and writing
Get your draft back and revise it.
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Homework
Finish revising your profile.
Add a photo or draw a picture of yourself in the profile.
Show your profile to other students.
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