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Meet the Team
M e e t t h e T e a m

PROFILES

My name’s Hiroto Itou. I’m 12. My birthday’s on March
13. This year it’s on a Saturday! I’m Japanese, and I’m

Conversation: Who’s that over there? from Sapporo. My dad’s from Japan, and my mom’s from
the United States. I speak Japanese and English.
1. REAL TALK Watch or listen to the teenagers. Match the names My favorite music is hip-hop. My favorite sport is
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with the sentences. basketball, and my favorite team is the New York Knicks.
1. Rachel c a. He’s American, and his dad is Israeli. My Knicks shirt is my favorite thing. My favorite colors are
My Knicks shirt is my favorite thing. My favorite colors are
orange and blue. Those are the New York Knicks’s colors!
orange and blue. Those are the New York Knicks’s colors!
2. Binny b. She’s from the US, and her parents
3. Steven are from China.
4. Emily c. She’s British, and she’s from England. Reading to write: A personal profile
5. Courtney d. He’s English, and his parents are from England. 6. Look at the photo in Hiroto’s profile. What’s his favorite sport?

6. Freddie e. He’s from the UK. Read the profile to check.
f. She’s from the UK, and her mom is from
California. Focus on CONTENT
A personal profile can include this information:
name age birthday nationality
2. YOUR TURN What’s your name? Where are you from? Tell your partner.
town / city country language(s)
3. Listen to Paola and Jen meeting each other for the first time. interests / favorite things
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Complete the conversation. Writing: Your profile
USEFUL LANGUAGE: Meeting and greeting 7. Read the profile again. Find Hiroto’s information
for each category in the Focus on Content box. PLAN
Nice to meet you. That’s This is What about you?
Complete the chart with your own
Focus on LANGUAGE information.
Capital letters
Use capital letters Name Don’t
- to start a sentence or question: My class is . . . , Age
When’s your . . . ? Birthday
- with names for people and teams: Jen, the Tigers
- with towns/cities, countries, nationalities, and Nationality
languages: Quito, Italy, Canadian, Korean Town / city
- with months and days: February, Monday Country
Language(s)
Favorite things
8. Find examples of each use of capital letters in the profile
in Exercise 6.
WRITE
9. Correct the sentences. Now write your personal profile. Use
1. I live in seoul. your chart to help you. Write at least
I live in Seoul. 60 words.

2. my birthday is on monday, december 6. CHECK
Check your writing. Can you answer
“yes” to these questions?
3. I speak spanish and french.
• Is information for each category
from the Focus on Content box in
your profile?
4. my favorite city is toronto.
• Are the capital letters correct?

5. this is my friend larry.

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