Early Firsts

First memory: First pet:

First bicycle: SCHOOL First day at school:

Growing up Firsts
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First crush: AD NE ADMIT
O ONE First date:

First boy/girlfriend: First kiss:

Later Firsts
First apartment:
First job:

First car: First other:

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 Best Friends
Best friend in elementary or junior high Best friend in high school was:
school was:
Things often done together: Things often done together:
1. 1.
2. 2.
His/her best trait: His/her best trait:
His/her worst trait: His/her worst trait:
He/she is now: He/she is now:
Single Married Single Married
Living in: Living in:
Latest contact: Latest contact:
Other information: Other information:

Best friend after high school was: Present best friend is:

Things often done together: Things often done together:

1. 1.
2. 2.
His/her best trait: His/her best trait:
His/her worst trait: His/her worst trait:
He/she is now: He/she is now:
Single Married Single Married
Living in: Living in:
Latest contact: Latest contact:
Other information: Other information:

Memory Lane
Most memorable experience with was:
(friend’s name)

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Persona Profiles 5 & 6
1. Student ability: Beginner ~ Intermediate
2. Approximate length of lesson: Varies
3. Number of students necessary: 2+
4. Preferred age/maturity: JHS, HS, College, Adult
5. Type of lesson: Pair work
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Language Target: These worksheets are
Part 5 and 6 of the Personal Profiles
collection. While completing these profile
worksheets, students will have a lot of fun
collecting information about each other,
discussing backgrounds and developing
friendships. Students can eventually
create an 8-page portfolio with
extremely detailed information about
one other student in class.
Setting Up Note: This lesson has no set time
frame – it can easily be broken up into
mini units and worked on for a few
minutes each week. The main point is to
get students to communicate with each
other about personal background
information.
Pair the same students as for Personal
Profiles 1 + 2 (Lesson Collection Set #2 –
Lesson 9). Personal Profiles 3 & 4
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Teachers’ Instructions (1/2)
(Lesson Collection Set #3 – Lesson 6) and
give each a copy of Personal Profile
Worksheet Page 5 and 6. (Students should
keep these worksheets in a handy place
since they will be working on them over
the course of several days or weeks.)
To introduce the method of collecting
information, ask the students to ask for
personal information about you, the
teacher. They should practice asking
questions starting with the upper left box
Early Firsts. For example:
What is your first (earliest) childhood
memory?
Do you remember your first Bicycle?
Pet? Day at school? Tell me about them.
Setting Up: Students ask their partners all of
the questions and write their partner’s
answers on the worksheets – each student
begins building an extensive profile of
their partner which may continue over an
extended period of time.
Getting Started: Point out that privacy is
important and if a student would rather not
answer a question, they can pass by
saying: “That’s private,” but not too often,
hopefully.
When finished with the Early First
section, students may simply stop and put
their worksheets away for another time, or
they can continue to the next section,
Growing Up Firsts. Either way, it’s best
to model the questions with the students
first.
If students are in junior high school,
they can either pass the Later Firsts
section, or they can ask future tense
questions. For example:
What do you think your first (full
time) job will be?
What about your first apartment?
Where? When? Will you live alone?
Personal Profiles 5 & 6 [Lesson Collection Set #5 – Lesson 28]
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What kind of car do you think will
be your first?
Variation 1: Give students two exact copies
of the worksheets. Tell them to complete
all of their own information as a
homework project.
Then, at a later date, pair students
and have partners ask for the information
to be written on the worksheets.
Variation 2: Students can compile a Personal
Profile on the teacher - they are usually
immensely interested. This can serve not
only as a model for asking questions
accurately in English, but also helps
students learn more about their teacher.
Variation 3: For lower ability students (or
younger learners), the Personal Profile
worksheets can be used for students to
write down information about themselves.
This can be teacher directed whereby the
teacher asks students all of the questions
and students write information about
themselves.
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Teachers’ Instructions (2/2)
Building Fluency: Many areas of this profile
allow for extended conversation, e.g.,
memories, firsts, best friends, etc.
Encourage students to elaborate as much
as they can (use the back of the paper if
necessary) and let them reminisce as long
as they want. There should be no real time
frame to finish the worksheets, they can
be done quickly, but for more detailed
information, spread the activity out over
several weeks or months.
Writing Practice: As each section of the
Personal Profile pages is completed,
students start writing a biography of their
partner. This gives them the opportunity to
expand simple notes into paragraphs. This
biography grows steadily as each section
is finished.
Other Personal Profile Worksheets:
Personal Profile 1 & 2
Lesson Collection Set #2 – Lesson 9
Personal Profile 3 & 4
Lesson Collection Set #3 – Lesson 6
Personal Profile 7 & 8
Lesson Collection Set #4 – Lesson 7
Personal Profiles 5 & 6 [Lesson Collection Set #5 – Lesson 28]
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