Profile Writing

Steve Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco, California on February 24, 1955. His birth parents gave him up for adoption and he was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. Paul was a machinist and Clara an accountant. When Steve was five, the family moved to Mountain View, California where Steve went to school and grew up

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What is the main idea of the text?

• The childhood of Steve Jobs

• How Steve Jobs build Apple

• The life of Steve's Jobs parents

• The beauty of California mountain view

Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for his invention of the telephone. He first became interested in the science of sound because both his mother and wife were deaf. His experiments in sound eventually let him want to send voice signals down a telegraph wire. He was able to get some funding and hire his famous assistant Thomas Watson and together they were able to come up with the telephone. The first words spoken over the telephone were by Alex on March 10, 1876. They were "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you"

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What can we learn from the text?

• Alexander Graham Bell was deaf

• The first phone was invented on 1876

• Alexander Graham Bell invented telegraph

• The first word over the phone was spoken by Alexander Graham Bell

Galileo made many discoveries using his telescope including the four large moons around Jupiter and the phases of the planet Venus. He also discovered sunspots and learned that the Moon was not smooth, but was covered with craters. At that time, in 17th century, people hadn't traveled to space.

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Who was Galileo according to the text?

• He was a teacher

• He was a scientist

• He was a historian

• He was an astronout

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. He spent most of his childhood in Munich, Germany. His father had an electronics company and Albert learned a lot about science and electronics from his dad. He really liked math and wanted to pursue math and science in school. He didn't finish school in Germany but ended up continuing his education in Switzerland. After school, Einstein searched for a job as a professor but ended up working in a patent office in Bern, Switzerland.

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What can we learn about Albert's Einstein from the text?

• He was born in Switzerland

• He wasn't very smart when he was a child

• He moved to other countries

• He finished school in Germany

Nelson Mandela became a leader in the African National Congress (ANC). At first he pushed hard for the congress and the protesters to follow Mohandas Gandhi's non-violence approach. At one point he started to doubt that this approach would work and started up an armed branch of the ANC. He planned to bomb certain buildings, but only the buildings. He wanted to make sure that no one would be hurt. He was classified as a terrorist by the South African government and sent to prison. Mandela would spend the next 27 years in prison.

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How does the writer describe Nelson Mandela?

• He described Nelson Mandela' appearance

• He told about things Nelson Mandela had done to fight discrimination.

• He described the country where Nelson Mandela lived

• He describe Nelson Mandela's life in prison

Before writing the profile of your parents, you should ... .

• invent a cool story

• interview your parents

• seek inspiration from the fairy tale

• create a fantasy world

Please read the following statement:

1. Choose a person as the source

2. Create interview question

3. Interview the person.

4. Summarize the interview.

5. Start to write his/her story.

The instructions are made for ... .

• fantasy writing

• profile writing

• time travel writing

• science fiction writing

8. A profile writing is ... .

• a fiction writing

• a true story

• a fantasy writing

• a fairy tale

Anna wants to interview a baker for her school project.

Which of the following is the right question to ask?

• Why did you buy the cupcakes?

• How do you make these cupcakes?

• Which one is your favorite restaurant?

• Where did you get the cupcakes?

Ben: Could you share your favorite moments in your work?

Ms. Diana: Well, I think when I was taking my students to the beach. The kids bought ice creams and play in the sand.

Who did Ben interview?

• An ice cream store owner

• A teacher

• A student

• A beach guard