Grade 9 Reading Professional skills.

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 What skills and character traits does every job require? Do you need to be reliable to work as a doctor? Do you need to be bossy to work as a head of the company? Read what people are talking about their jobs.

Nurse: Hello! My name is Anna. I have just started working as a nurse. I don’t have a lot of experience. My job requires a lot of skills. You have to be patient, reliable, friendly and easy-going. I like working with people. I can say that I’m a people person. A lot of my patients feel like I’m their friend. I’m really sympathetic. It means that I always listen to them and show that I care about their problems. I love my job! Sometimes it can be really stressful. But I know that I help a lot of people, and that’s what makes me happy!

Teacher: My name is Sam. I am a Maths teacher. I am quite talkative. Surely, I like to talk a lot, especially about algorithms and equations. I think I could talk about maths all day long! Of course, sometimes I am really bossy with my students. My job is to motivate them and keep a track of their results. I like it when they are hard-working and think logically. The most important thing in teaching is to give feedback for their work. Feedback is comments on their results: what they do well and what they can do better.

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1. To work as a nurse, you need to be … .

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 What skills and character traits does every job require? Do you need to be reliable to work as a doctor? Do you need to be bossy to work as a head of the company? Read what people are talking about their jobs.

Nurse: Hello! My name is Anna. I have just started working as a nurse. I don’t have a lot of experience. My job requires a lot of skills. You have to be patient, reliable, friendly and easy-going. I like working with people. I can say that I’m a people person. A lot of my patients feel like I’m their friend. I’m really sympathetic. It means that I always listen to them and show that I care about their problems. I love my job! Sometimes it can be really stressful. But I know that I help a lot of people, and that’s what makes me happy!

Teacher: My name is Sam. I am a Maths teacher. I am quite talkative. Surely, I like to talk a lot, especially about algorithms and equations. I think I could talk about maths all day long! Of course, sometimes I am really bossy with my students. My job is to motivate them and keep a track of their results. I like it when they are hard-working and think logically. The most important thing in teaching is to give feedback for their work. Feedback is comments on their results: what they do well and what they can do better.

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Anna says that she’s a people person. It means that she … .

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 What skills and character traits does every job require? Do you need to be reliable to work as a doctor? Do you need to be bossy to work as a head of the company? Read what people are talking about their jobs.

Nurse: Hello! My name is Anna. I have just started working as a nurse. I don’t have a lot of experience. My job requires a lot of skills. You have to be patient, reliable, friendly and easy-going. I like working with people. I can say that I’m a people person. A lot of my patients feel like I’m their friend. I’m really sympathetic. It means that I always listen to them and show that I care about their problems. I love my job! Sometimes it can be really stressful. But I know that I help a lot of people, and that’s what makes me happy!

Teacher: My name is Sam. I am a Maths teacher. I am quite talkative. Surely, I like to talk a lot, especially about algorithms and equations. I think I could talk about maths all day long! Of course, sometimes I am really bossy with my students. My job is to motivate them and keep a track of their results. I like it when they are hard-working and think logically. The most important thing in teaching is to give feedback for their work. Feedback is comments on their results: what they do well and what they can do better.

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What could Sam talk about all day long?

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 What skills and character traits does every job require? Do you need to be reliable to work as a doctor? Do you need to be bossy to work as a head of the company? Read what people are talking about their jobs.

Nurse: Hello! My name is Anna. I have just started working as a nurse. I don’t have a lot of experience. My job requires a lot of skills. You have to be patient, reliable, friendly and easy-going. I like working with people. I can say that I’m a people person. A lot of my patients feel like I’m their friend. I’m really sympathetic. It means that I always listen to them and show that I care about their problems. I love my job! Sometimes it can be really stressful. But I know that I help a lot of people, and that’s what makes me happy!

Teacher: My name is Sam. I am a Maths teacher. I am quite talkative. Surely, I like to talk a lot, especially about algorithms and equations. I think I could talk about maths all day long! Of course, sometimes I am really bossy with my students. My job is to motivate them and keep a track of their results. I like it when they are hard-working and think logically. The most important thing in teaching is to give feedback for their work. Feedback is comments on their results: what they do well and what they can do better.

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Sam likes it when the students are… .

a) talkative; b) bossy; c) hard-working. 

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 What skills and character traits does every job require? Do you need to be reliable to work as a doctor? Do you need to be bossy to work as a head of the company? Read what people are talking about their jobs.

Nurse: Hello! My name is Anna. I have just started working as a nurse. I don’t have a lot of experience. My job requires a lot of skills. You have to be patient, reliable, friendly and easy-going. I like working with people. I can say that I’m a people person. A lot of my patients feel like I’m their friend. I’m really sympathetic. It means that I always listen to them and show that I care about their problems. I love my job! Sometimes it can be really stressful. But I know that I help a lot of people, and that’s what makes me happy!

Teacher: My name is Sam. I am a Maths teacher. I am quite talkative. Surely, I like to talk a lot, especially about algorithms and equations. I think I could talk about maths all day long! Of course, sometimes I am really bossy with my students. My job is to motivate them and keep a track of their results. I like it when they are hard-working and think logically. The most important thing in teaching is to give feedback for their work. Feedback is comments on their results: what they do well and what they can do better.

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Feedback is …

Jason is the most ... guy in the world. He speaks to everyone in the class.

Mary studies all the time, helps her parents and volunteers at different projects. She is really ... 

He is listening to loud music while everyone is sleeping. He is so ...

Sam is very ... - if he says he’ll do something, he’ll do it.

My ... are: creativity and patience, my ... are: procrastination and laziness.