1: Exploring Profiles
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Learning Objectives
What is a profile? In this chapter, read and watch several examples of profiles. Practice vocabulary related to school and careers, and learn about past tense verbs and forming questions.
- 1.1: Video: Amazon Employee Profile
- Watch a short example of an employee profile and analyze the rhetorical features of a profile.
- 1.2: Reading: Profile Reynolds
- Practice reading and analyzing a professional profile. Build vocabulary related to professions and careers.
- 1.3: Reading: Student Spotlights
- Practice reading student profiles. Build vocabulary related to education and careers.
- 1.4: Reading: Profile Gibson
- Practice reading a student profile. Build vocabulary related to fields of study. Practice composing questions.
- 1.5: Reading: Profile Valdez
- Use questioning strategies to comprehend a challenging profile. Identify past tense verbs and signal words for coherence and cohesion.
- 1.6: Grammar: Past Tense Verbs
- Form and meaning of simple past tense and past continuous tense. Grammar slides for classroom presentation.
- 1.7: Grammar: Forming Questions
- Forming questions using accurate word order. Grammar slides for classroom presentation.